by Bill Gates · Knopf · tapa dura · ISBN 9780385546133
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«How to Avoid a Climate Disaster» is Bill Gates's popular science essay published by Knopf in hardcover (272 pages, in English).
Bill Gates analyzes the causes of climate change and sets out a plan to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions. Gates's proposal combines innovation, clean technologies and public policies, and includes actions that citizens can demand from governments and businesses.
Published on February 16, 2021. First edition. Nominated for the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award in the non-fiction category.
Aimed at readers interested in climate change, technological innovation and environmental policies.
William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and the subsequent increase in its stock price, Gates became the world's then-youngest billionaire in 1987, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. Gates became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed US$100 billion. According to Forbes, as of February 2026, his net worth stood at US$107.7 billion, making him the 18th-wealthiest individual in the world.
