Solving for Zero: The Search for Climate Innovation
Course Overview
Explore 10 groundbreaking solutions to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, featuring Bill Gates’ framework and 22 experts developing nuclear batteries, eco-cement, and carbon-capture technologies across key sectors.
Video Lessons
Climate Foundations
- How We Got Here (29 min)
Scientific background on global warming trends since 1880 - This Will Be Hard (29 min)
Economic challenges in decarbonizing five key emission sectors
Sector-Specific Solutions
- How We Plug In (31 min)
Nuclear batteries and clean electricity innovations - How We Make Things (28 min)
Breakthroughs in carbon-free cement and steel production - How We Grow Things (24 min)
Agricultural advances and AI forest preservation - How We Transport Things (32 min)
Hydrogen aviation and revolutionary sailing cargo ships - The Buildings We Live In (28 min)
Electric heat pumps and synthetic fuel heating
Adaptation & Policy
- Adapting to a Warmer World (30 min)
Climate-resilient crops and beach-based carbon capture - Why Government Policies Matter (29 min)
Public sector’s role in accelerating climate innovation
Call to Action
- How We Do This Together (29 min)
Collective strategies for equitable climate transition

