In this urgent, authoritative book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.

Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet’s slide toward certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. At CHF, Gates is joined by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman for a conversation about the solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need to save the planet.

The Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to partner with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores in Chicago and Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor to present this conversation.

This program is generously underwritten by Northern Trust.

Important Details:

• The event will be livestreamed on February 25 at 7pm CT and please note that a recording will NOT be available in full after the live broadcast. Some clips may be made available later in March, in which case registrants would be notified via email.
• All CHF's virtual events have closed captions.
• This program includes American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation.

Books & Shipping:

• Books will be shipped to registered guests within 7-10 business days of the event. Please be patient as you may be affected by general shipping delays occurring nationwide.
• Book purchases include shipping to U.S. addresses only.
• If you have any questions about Seminary Co-op book fulfillment, please contact Seminary.
• For Literati book fulfillment please contact Literati.