Climate 101 with Albert Wenger part 3
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Climate 101 with Albert Wenger part 3
Currently, the biggest contributors to the climate crisis can be broken down into five categories: Making things, such as steel and plastic, accounts for 31 percent of our 51 billion tons of emissions. Plugging in, or electricity, accounts for 27 percent. Growing things, like plants and animals for food, accounts for 19 percent. Getting around – be... See more
Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Random House Large Print)
What Should Governments Do?Ban certain activities outright:- No more new cars with internal combustion enginesCreate a carbon tax:- Ideally $100/ton- Pay if you emit, earn if you drawdownFund basic research:- Nuclear fusion- GeoengineeringFunde Prizes:- Best drawdown solution
Albert Wenger • Climate 101 with Albert Wenger pt 2
A non-exhaustive list includes: strict building standards to improve energy efficiency and renewable technologies; mandatory energy-efficiency building retrofits (with options for cheap loans to be paid back via the saved energy bills); a frequent flyer levy, penalizing each additional flight at an increasing rate; bans on road and airport expansio
... See morePaul Behrens • The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science
Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions.What Are the Highest Impact Solutions?Known solutions with near term large impact:- Adoption of regenerative agriculture techniques (e.g. no till)- Massive reforestation / afforestation + reducing deforestation- Electrification of road transportation- Electrification of building heating- Broad deployment of solar, ... See more