We could stop burning fossil fuels today and still wait a while--years--to see atmospheric levels decline.
So time is of the essence, and Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist have a plan. It involves a combination of renewable energy and a quick buildout of nuclear power plants.
Their book is A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow.
The nuclear power part concerns a few people; our guests explain their thinking in this interview from 2019.