Venture capitalist John Doerr reveals a sweeping--and actionable --Plan to conquer humanity\'s greatest challenge: Climate change.
But as Doerr reminds us, there is no more time to waste..
With a definitive plan, science, and a rising Climate movement on our side, we can still reach net zero before it is too late.
A launchpad for those who want to act now, this book is geared to ambitious leaders of every kind.
By turns pragmatic and inspiring, Speed & SCALE intersperses Doerr\'s wide-ranging analysis with firsthand accounts from Jeff Bezos, Christiana Figueres, Al Gore, Mary Barra, Bill Gates, and other intrepid policy leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, and activists.
With clear-eyed realism and science-backed precision, Doerr identifies the OKRs we need to reduce emissions across every sector of the economy and to arrive by 2050 at net zero--the point where we are no longer adding to the heat-trapping carbon in the atmosphere.
Used by Google, Bono\'s ONE foundation, and startups the world over, OKRs have scaled ideas into achievements that changed the world.
What if the goal-setting techniques that powered the rise of today\'s most innovative organizations were brought to bear on humanity\'s greatest challenge? Fueled by a powerful tool called Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), Speed & SCALE offers an unprecedented global Plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and preserving a habitable planet.
More than ever, we need a clear course of action.
Yet despite our state of emergency, Climate change has yet to be tackled with the consistency and urgency it requires.
Our world is squarely in a Climate Crisis and on the brink of a Climate disaster.
Its impact is all around us: droughts, floods, wildfires, the melting of the polar ice caps.
Fifteen years later, despite breakthroughs in batteries, electric vehicles, and solar and wind power, global warming continues to get worse.
They\'ve backed more Climate entrepreneurs than anyone else and have invested in a broad range of solutions, absorbing hard-earned lessons along the way.
In 2006, acclaimed investor John Doerr and his partners at Kleiner Perkins launched their first clean technology fund.
Venture capitalist John Doerr reveals a sweeping--and actionable --Plan to conquer humanity\'s greatest challenge: Climate change
