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What we are doing is not enough, and it's not happening fast enough. It sounds like the people who are there like they are taking it seriously, which may be a difference from, you know, years ago. The science tells us we've got to take that 59 gigo tons of carbon pollution down to net zero by 20 50. This is an audacious objective. We've got to cut it in half by 20 30, while the planet grows from seven billion to ten or 11 billion people,. While cnomic activity increases. So this is a tall order. And so there is no point making a pledge that you cannot enact into policy when you return to your nation. There

“Go for the megatons.” That’s John Doerr’s recommendation for how we need to combat the existential threat of climate change. Doerr, a venture capitalist and author of the new book Speed and Scale, joins host Bob Safian to discuss our decarbonization efforts, what he calls “the greatest economic opportunity of the next century.” The book quantifies the specific societal needs, in six discrete areas, to achieve a carbon-neutral world. John isn’t arguing that we all need to be vegan ascetics, but rather, the need for collective action – and the critical role that business plays in advancing that movement.

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