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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
New · Nonfiction, Science, Climate Change

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

by Bill Gates
2021 · 272 pages · Nonfiction
41 New ★ 4.11 on Goodreads · 52K ratings
≈ 7 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Goodreads Choice (nonfiction) finalist (2021). 4.11★ from 52K Goodreads ratings.

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41Must-Read Score
  • Critics10 out of 100 · counts 35%+4
  • Readers60 out of 100 · counts 50%+34
  • Buzz19 out of 100 · counts 15%+3

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True story, Thought-provoking

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