Act II: Lowercarbon Capital

Some venture capital funds are pursuing clean-tech approaches, like Khosla Ventures, TBL Capital and the Patient Capital Collaborative.

Having billions of people decide how best to conserve, given their values and the information conveyed by prices, is bound to be more efficient and humane than having government analysts try to divine the optimal mixture from their desks. The potters don’t have to hide their kilns from the Carbon Police; they can do their part in saving the planet

Widespread diffusion of simple technical fixes ranging from mandated triple windows to designs of more durable vehicles would have significant cumulative effects. The halving of food waste and changing the composition of global meat consumption would reduce carbon emissions without degrading the quality of food supply. Remarkably, these measures ar

The world’s total emissions are the sum of billions of business decisions—about how to power buildings, manufacture products, and get them to customers. We’ll only get to zero if every business integrates carbon into those decisions.