If all of us-and especially today’s young people-apply their ingenuity to this problem, we can avoid a climate disaster. I’m optimistic about what science and technology can accomplish, and even more important, I’m optimistic about what people can accomplish.

Getting to zero emissions will be the hardest thing people have ever done. In my experience, they’re the ones with the most new ideas, and the most energy to pursue them. Which means young people need to play a special role. That’s going to take a ton of innovation in both technology and policy. We need to revolutionize our entire physical economy, including the way we move things around the planet, produce electricity, make things, grow food, and heat and cool our buildings. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need is about all the steps we need to take to keep the planet livable for humans. Here's my latest article for the Curious Green Humans Blog: a book review on Bill Gates' " How to Avoid a Climate Disaster". Now what we need is a plan for getting to zero. And we need to create and roll out breakthrough technologies that can take us the rest of the way. We need to deploy the tools we already have, like solar and wind, faster and smarter. As a result, they’re making those commitments. To avoid a climate disaster, we have to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Young people are holding their governments accountable and insisting that they commit to eliminating their carbon emissions.

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