Can We Really Get to Zero?

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The first five are electri transportation, de carbonized, the grid fixd the food system. The sixth and hardest one is called remove carbon. And there's ten giga tons of carbon emissions that are going to remain after those first five objectives have been achieved. So we're in a race for the survival of our planet. We're all in this race together, and we've got to win it.

“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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