Capitalism Created the Climate Crisis and Capitalism Will Solve It - by Kentaro Kawamori (Hardcover)

About the Book

"While the scientific cause of global warming is well established, exploration of the economic and social causes of the climate crisis has lagged behind. Starting nearly 200 years ago, the advent of the industrial revolution and the subsequent proliferation of both technology and cheap energy allows us to draw a hard line from the rise of capitalism to a warming planet. Modern finance and innovations in transportation and manufacturing, combined with labor productivity gains, ushered in an era of consumerism, which in the context of global warming is best viewed as over-consumerism ... or consumerism untethered to consequence. This sea change becomes the largest driver of humanity expanding its carbon budget faster than we can replenish it."--

Book Synopsis

USA Today Bestseller

Creative and practical free-market solutions to climate change

In Capitalism Created the Climate Crisis and Capitalism Will Solve It: The Market Forces Catalyzing a Climate Technology Renaissance, distinguished author Kentaro Kawamori delivers a fascinating and timely exploration of the interplay between capitalism and climate change. He explains how the capitalist system helped to contribute to the current crisis of global warming and how that same system will help to end it.

In the book, the author discusses the enormous impact of the climate crisis and how the government, the modern finance industry, the fossil fuel industry, and others combined to accelerate the warming of the world. He then considers the roles those same players will play to reverse this effect in the coming years.

You'll also find:

• Discussions of how climate tech innovations will transform the economy and how technology disruptors will become involved in the process
• The ways the energy industry will change to incorporate the realities and consequences of a warming climate
• Explorations of the incentives created by free market structures and how to include climate stakeholders in the discussion

An engaging and exciting new resource for anyone interested in the intersection of economics, business, and the environment, Capitalism Created the Climate Crisis and Capitalism Will Solve It contains practical and thoughtful climate prescriptions for a world desperately in need of them.

From the Back Cover

THERE IS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, AND CLIMATE RECOVERY IS ALREADY UNDERWAY

Capitalism Created the Climate Crisis and Capitalism Will Solve It is a book whose title says it all. From the industrial revolution and the fossil fuel industry to the free market and Wall Street, the market forces that transformed the world starting in the mid-1700s led to some alarming consequences. Inside, climate tech thought leader Kentaro Kawamori explains exactly how it all happened--and what today's groundbreaking entrepreneurs, investors, legislators, and activists are doing about it.

It would be natural to want to dismantle the system that generated catastrophic climate instability. But the same system has also generated incredible advances, including renewable energy, stakeholder accountability, and climate tech innovations that are poised to revolutionize--without destroying--our capitalist economy. Best of all, these solutions are already in place and gaining speed. For anyone who wants to know more about how capitalism can and will save the planet, and how to be part of the solution, Capitalism Created the Climate Crisis and Capitalism Will Solve It is a must-read.

About the Author

KENTARO KAWAMORI is CEO and Co-Founder of Persefoni, one of the world's leading climate management and accounting platforms. Kentaro's work as a ClimateTech expert, entrepreneur, and Fortune 500 executive has been recognized by the likes of Forbes on its 30 Under 30 list, SXSW's startup competition and as an EY Entrepreneur of The Year award finalist.