![]() ![]() However, we are still off-track to meet climate goals. In 2016, just 700,000 electric cars were sold worldwide, this year it’ll be over 14 million. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit /green. Special thanks to Anna Mazarakis, Gilda di Carli and Kira Bindrim. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Hear Akshat and Kira talk about the reality of carbon footprints Listen to the interview with Fatih Birol that Akshat mentions Order Akshat’s new book, Climate Capitalism So today on Zero, Bloomberg’s Greener Living editor Kira Bindrim sits down with Akshat to discuss his new book, and asks him: If climate capitalism is so doable, why does it seem so difficult? Akshat argues that not only is capitalism capable of taking on the climate crisis, but harnessing it is the only way to solve the climate crisis in the time we have available.Īnd yet while some improvements have been made over the past few years, the world is off track to meet its 2050 climate targets. In his new book Climate Capitalism, Zero host Akshat Rathi introduces a dozen people who are already steering capitalism to solve the climate crisis: from the engineer who shaped China's electric car policies and the politician who helped make net-zero a UK law to the CEO who fought off a takeover attempt so he could stick with a sustainability strategy. But is capitalism up to the challenge of preventing the climate crisis? It is now cheaper to save the world than destroy it. Listen to the interview about EVs and oil demand with Colin McKraccher Listen to the interview with IEA head Fatih Birol Read or pre-order Akshat’s book Climate Capitalism Not everyone agrees: The Harsh Truth: We're Using More Oil Than Ever This week Akshat speaks with Bloomberg Opinion columnist David Fickling about why he thinks the world has reached peak crude oil demand, what comes next, and what it all has to do with the American soap opera Dallas.ĭavid’s original article: Peak Oil Has Finally Arrived. Peak oil is here, or is it? Depends on how you measure, but at least one person is sure crude isn’t coming back. ![]()
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