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Comments Regarding the Book How To Avoid A Climate Disaster

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  • Virginia Câmpeanu

    (European Studies Center, Institute for World Economy, Romanian Academy)

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Climate change and the growing and more frequent global disasters caused by them over the last 30 years have led to the initiation and deployment of global and European climate change strategies based on largescale research. The COVID- 19 pandemic has not stopped concerns in this field, moreover, those have intensified, with many countries setting the target of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The European Union, through the European Green Deal, is not only a promoter, but also a leader of the global climate change movement. In this context, our article presents some comments regarding a book that was recently published (February 2021), "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster" written by Bill Gates, based on research made by a large group of multi-disciplinary experts, brought together by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and with the financial support of internationally renowned investors. Of the 12 chapters of the book, the author presents synthetically a) the premises from which the research began; b) the solutions to achieve the planet's climate neutrality, and c) the recommendations of the author of the book to reduce the costs involved in combating climate change and achieving zero net carbon in 2050. The recommendations are concrete, as a Medium-Term (2030) and Long-Term (2050) Action Plan and are addressed to governments, parliaments and people around the world.

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  • Virginia Câmpeanu, 2021. "Comments Regarding the Book How To Avoid A Climate Disaster," Global Economic Observer, "Nicolae Titulescu" University of Bucharest, Faculty of Economic Sciences;Institute for World Economy of the Romanian Academy, vol. 9(1), pages 210-219, June.
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    1. Benedikt Downar & Jürgen Ernstberger & Hannes Rettenbacher & Sebastian Schwenen & Aleksandar Zaklan, 2019. "Fighting Climate Change with Disclosure? The Real Effects of Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emission Disclosure," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1795, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
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    Keywords

    Global Warming; Environment and Development; Technological Innovation; Government Policy;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • O44 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Environment and Growth
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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