Events at Stanford
-
17:01 Dec 08, 2021
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2021. 12:00 PM. Location: online via Zoom Join author Michael Lenox and Rebecca Duff for the latest Stanford Research Park and Stanford University Press “Lunch and Learn” event on Tuesday, December 14 from 12 to 1 PM (PT). Time is of the essence. Climate change looms as a malignant force that will reshape our economy and society for generations to come, assert Michael Lenox and Rebecca Duff in The Decarbonization Imperative: Transforming the Global Economy by 2050 (Stanford Business Books, October 19, 2021). If we are going to avoid the worst effects of climate change, the authors attest, we are going to need to effectively "decarbonize" the global economy by 2050. Responding to the existential threat of climate change, The Decarbonization Imperative proposes a radical reconfiguration of the industries contributing the most, and most harmfully, to this planetary crisis. Disruptive innovation and a particular calibration of industry dynamics will be key to this change. The authors ...