The Search for Climate Innovation: How We Grow Things

How we raise crops and livestock accounts for 19% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. In this case, the gases are mainly methane and nitrous oxide, which have many times the effect of CO2 for global warming. The net-zero strategy calls for new fertilizers, reduced deforestation, and synthetic meat substitutes that are increasingly indistinguishable from the farm-raised product. This lecture, presented by Bill Gates, is from Solving for Zero: The Search for Climate Innovation. Nuclear batteries. Eco-friendly cement. Hybrid crops. Explore innovative solutions to the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced.