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"At last--a global plan that actually adds up."--James Hansen, former director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

The world must reach negative greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Yet no single plan has addressed the full scope of the problem--until now.

In The 100% Solution, Solomon Goldstein-Rose--a leading millennial climate activist and a former Massachusetts state representative--makes clear what needs to happen to hit the 2050 target: the manufacturing booms we must spur, the moonshot projects we must fund, the amount of CO2 we'll have to sequester from the atmosphere, and much more.

Most importantly, he shows us the more prosperous and equitable world we can build by uniting the efforts of activists, industries, governments, scientists, and voters to get the job done.

This is the guide we've been waiting for. As calls for a WWII-scale mobilization intensify--especially among youth activists--this fully illustrated, action-oriented book arms us with specific demands, sets the stakes for what our leaders must achieve, and proves that with this level of comprehensive thinking we can still take back our future.

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"His message is a necessary one."—New York Times Book Review

"Keenly practical."—Nature

"Impressively thoughtful, informative, innovative, and DIY practical."—Midwest Book Review

“Goldstein-Rose, a leading Millennial thinker, offers what the world desperately needs: fresh thinking on climate change, with the goal of steering the debate toward solutions that are both technically and politically practicable.” —Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University

"At last--a global plan that actually adds up."—James Hansen, former director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

“A major accomplishment and an exciting boon to the climate movement.”—Emily Norton, former director, Massachusetts Sierra Club

“An important frame of reference for everyone seeking to address the greatest threat to our children and future generations.” —US Rep. Jim McGovern, member of Congress (D-MA)

“Solomon Goldstein-Rose is not just an analyst who brings a grasp of the subject matter to the table, but also a former state elected official who, at a tender age, learned quickly what’s needed to make change. His combination of knowledge and experience will reach new audiences and could inject new energy into the debate and give hope to a generation.” —Armond Cohen, Founder and Director, Clean Air Task Force

“A pragmatic, feasible road map for addressing climate change. This is exactly the kind of thinking that is needed now.” —Christina Paxson, President of Brown University

“The 100% Solution is an important read for anyone who cares more about addressing climate change than fighting ideological battles.” —Ted Nordhaus, Founder and Director, Breakthrough Institute

“[Solomon’s] vision offers a practical path forward and more climate thinkers need to understand his ideas.” —Dan Bosley, former State Representative, architect of the 1997 MA Electric Restructuring Act

“Goldstein-Rose is the rare Millennial author who is passionate about protecting the planet for his and future generations but is also sober and rigorous in his prescriptions to reduce climate-warming emissions . . . The 100% Solution is a model for pragmatic and systemic thinking about climate change and proof that activist passion and scholarly rigor can go hand in hand.” —Varun Sivaram, Chief Technology Officer at India’s largest renewable energy company, author of Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet

“With clear text and elegant organization, Goldstein-Rose sets aside apocalyptic visions and maps planetary rescue.” —Professor Steven J. Davis, Associate Professor of Earth System Science, UC–Irvine

About the Author

Solomon Goldstein-Rose was elected to the Massachusetts legislature on a climate change-focused platform at age 22. He previously interned in the Obama White House and in Congress, and ran a statewide carbon pricing campaign. He lives in Amherst, MA. For more see: SolomonGR.com

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I’m twenty-six years old, and I can’t remember a time before I understood and worried about climate change. Most Millennials take for granted that climate change is a serious problem that will cause devastating floods, droughts, storm damage, illnesses, and large-scale human and animal displacement in our lifetimes. And we know that if we don’t reverse the current trend of greenhouse gas emissions, the effects will reach a new order of magnitude within our children’s lifetimes.

Solving climate change is more important for our future than tackling many other worthwhile causes, because so many issues—poverty, disease, immigration politics—cannot improve if climate change worsens.

Like most people of my generation, I want to live in a safe world and pass on a better one to my children. Throughout my life, I’ve asked myself what I could do to help solve climate change. This drew me to study engineering, and later public policy; spurred me to run for Massachusetts state legislature right after college and get elected at age twenty-two on a climate-focused platform; drove me to spend thousands of hours reaching out to energy system experts, professors, startups, and fellow activists to understand the ins and outs of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change solutions; and prompted my recent shift to full-time climate change work.

This book is a product of that work. Along the way, I realized that most people, including me, tend to take on pieces of the problem that seem achievable, but don’t understand whether or how those pieces might contribute to a solution that addresses the full picture. Perhaps most significantly, few people take into account the importance of developing countries, which emit two-thirds of global greenhouse gases each year.

Most of the specific ideas here have been written about before by other experts. The point of this book is to tie it all together into a framework that gives us a comprehensive perspective on what is needed so we can be more focused and effective in our advocacy.

Despite so much amazing work done over the years, the world is still nowhere near on track to solve climate change. The problem is not only worsening, it’s worsening at an accelerating pace as we continue to add greenhouse gases tothe atmosphere each year. The efforts of global agreements, national and state-level advocacy, and corporate promises combined have all failed to set us on a path that could add up to a complete reversal of greenhouse gas emissions in the timeframe laid out by the latest science—a 100% solution.

Part of our failure to act is because people haven’t been totally sure what action is truly needed. For example, the school climate strike movement that youth leader Greta Thunberg is heading has repeatedly put out statements calling for policymakers to “act” but not specifying what exactly they should do. Sometimes they’ve specifically said that it’s up to the adults to figure that out. Meanwhile, legislators, who generally have equally incomplete understandings of energy and agricultural systems, push for incremental steps they see as politically viable and “in the right direction” without any sense of whether those steps could possibly add up to solving the problem globally. The US Millennial–led Sunrise Movement and related groups have called for a World War II–scale mobilization, which is an apt analogy for the general scale needed, but, within that broad vision, what exactly is needed? What constitutes “enough” to solve climate change? Without knowing the answer, we have no metric against which to judge political proposals or with which to guide how we direct our efforts.

This book has two goals. The first is to demonstrate how much bigger we need to be thinking if we’re going to actually meet the consensus goal of climate scientists and the United Nation —reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas levels by the year 2050. The second goal is to lay out a specific framework, which is both technically and politically viable, that actually does add up to a 100% solution to climate change. My hope is that, with a specific blueprint to rally around, climate movements can focus their efforts and achieve more concrete results.

To be sure, small-scale actions will be necessary—someone has to carry out every little piece of the pillars I present here— but to be confident that those efforts will all add up in time, someone also has to be thinking about the comprehensive picture. That’s the missing piece right now, and I hope this book will empower activists and the presidents and prime ministers they elect to be those comprehensive thinkers.

• • • •

This book’s framework centers on five pillars of action that add up to a 100% solution:

1. Deploy clean electricity generation.
2. Electrify equipment that can be electrified.
3. Create synthesized carbon-neutral fuels for equipment that can’t be electrified or isn’t electrified by 2050.
4. Implement various non-energy shifts, especially in agriculture.
5. Make up for the remaining emissions and get to negative emissions using sequestration.

This framework is compatible with various particular visions, proposals, and bills. In the United States for example, if Democrats who support a Green New Deal win enough Congressional seats and the presidency in the 2020 elections, that program would have a chance of achieving a 100% solution to climate change—so long as its specifics, when they are fleshed out, meet all the criteria of this framework. Or Republican Senator Lamar Alexander’s suggestion for a New Manhattan Project and similar proposals that might come from members of Congress could provide a 100% solution if fleshed out to meet all the same criteria. Other proposals that residential candidates might put forward could do the same in slightly different ways.

Or perhaps the United States will fail to take sufficient action and the president of China or a coalition of European and Asian countries will carry out the necessary projects instead. Or perhaps several political groups will propose different solutions that each add up to 100% but come with different benefits or costs. There are more efficient and less efficient ways to get to a full solution, but what matters most is that we achieve that full solution by 2050.

• • • •

Despite a lot of implied and outright cynicism, it is possible to solve climate change fully by 2050. Yet, currently no proposal is on the table that specifically addresses the full scope of solutions needed, in part because there hasn’t been a common frame of reference for what amounts to “enough.”

Without key leaders taking a comprehensive view, we may not realize the need for certain tactics or the urgency of others. With a comprehensive view, the strategy becomes clearer, and we may find that the solutions to climate change that can actually add up are in fact more politically viable than the scattered actions we’ve attempted up to this point.

Indeed, the 100% solution laid out in this framework could be accomplished without personal or lifestyle sacrifices, without slow-moving international cooperation, and without compromising global economic development. Focused on innovation, and bolstered by policy wherever possible, this framework requires only the initiative of a small number of key entities to carry out the minimum required steps. Let’s make it happen.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Melville House; Illustrated edition (March 31, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1612198384
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1612198385
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.49 x 0.88 x 7.45 inches

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Solomon Goldstein-Rose has been a climate activist since age 11. His education in engineering and public policy gave him a unique perspective on the intersection of what physically has to happen to solve climate change and what approaches might actually make it happen.

After interning in the Obama White House and in Congress during college, Solomon ran for the Massachusetts state legislature at age 22 and got elected on a platform focused on climate change. During his term he passed several small energy and education policies and created local initiatives for civic education and engagement.

In 2018 he canceled his campaign for re-election so he could work full-time on climate change at the national and global levels. The 100% Solution framework is a product of his political experiences, numerous meetings with technical experts and activists, and intensive research and analysis.

Solomon is also passionate about education policy and election system reform. He lives in Amherst, MA, and makes time for hiking and directing children’s theater. See SolomonGR.com

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Gustaf Alstromer

I always recommend this book

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2023

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I've recommended this book hundreds of times to people who want to learn how we are going to solve climate change. It's comprehensive and optimistic. I wish it went event deeper

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Convincing and clear

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2021

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This book has convinced me of the necessary steps to achieve a complete solution to climate change. I had already read a few other books on the subject, but this may be the most complete one yet, and the best part is that it requires no previous knowledge to understand. Give it to your friends and family and spread the word!

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James H. Green

Needs considerable cutting

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2020

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The world urgently needs a clear and precise direction for politicians to adopt as an action plan for mitigating the effects of climate change by 2050. This book purports to offer a blueprint for such a plan, but rather than being an analysis, it is more a synthesis of various alternatives that could be applied. At its core the book makes some valuable contributions, but the writing suffers from lack of clarity. It is verbose, repetitious, perfunctory and has some convoluted sentences that cause the reader to struggle. Precision is sacrificed by the use of vague words that express what might be possible if certain technologies are developed and applied with 100% effort to his five pillars of action.
Briefly, the author contends that vigorous government initiatives are needed to develop clean sources of power to electrify everything possible, which is largely home and building heating and transportation. Clean electricity is also needed to develop methods of synthesizing clean alternative fuels so they become cost competitive with fossil fuels. Agricultural and industrial practices must be enhanced through education and application of new technologies. The remainder of greenhouse gas reduction must be achieved by sequestering excess carbon dioxide. I think his premise is logical, but it is submerged in much irrelevant verbiage that detracts from the fundamental message such as lengthy explanations of how government action won wars, put men on the moon, and developed the Internet. I finally realized that his intended audience is people of his own generation. This is not to demean youth, who will be the primary victims of climate change, but the people who have the authority and position to make this happen don’t need that explanation.
The main contribution he makes that hasn’t been given sufficient attention is a convincing case that nuclear power is the only feasible technology today for assuaging the intermittency of wind and solar. I think he is right, but if achieving the IPCC objectives for 2050 relies on acceptance of a technology that so many politicians and environmentalists reject out of hand, we had best spend our efforts learning how to adapt. He seems to have faith that new battery technologies will be developed to improve the range of electric vehicles and store intermittent electricity. Maybe they will, but hope is not a plan. He also advocates the use of carbon pricing to make existing technologies more expensive, but this ignores the fact that today’s cap-and-trade initiatives increase the cost of electricity and work counter to the objective, particularly now that the cost of oil has dropped precipitously. My advice to the author would be to rewrite this into a concise document that politicians with short attention spans would read and endorse because its message is so compelling.

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Fallon Merritt

Reads like a superficial and insanely cited research paper

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2020

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It's night bad not good. Not outrageous in terms of hypothesies. Climate change is like a target every body sees where they try to throw darts at it yet miss. It's the elephant in the room but many are focused on the dust mites in the air.

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Misleading book promotion

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2020

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I bought a copy based on the book endorsement: "At last--a global plan that actually adds up."--James Hansen, former director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Surprisingly, Dr. Hansen is not mentioned in the book. I wonder if Hansen even knows about the 100% story.

Would the author or Amazon clear this up?

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N. Cardamone

My entire perspective has changed on the climate issue

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2020

This book is well-written and organized, and it has beautiful images, graphs, and charts to help make the more complex aspects of climate change extremely easy to understand. But the best part about The 100% Solution is how it changed my outlook from one of fear and despair to one of hope. Solomon makes a very compelling argument that no, we are not actually doomed, we can solve this. And whichever country takes the lead in solving climate change will be able to boost their economy tremendously. Highly recommended.

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Wilfred Candler

Actions we have to take

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2020

A good description of the breadth and extent of the problem, followed by actions that have to be taken. Recognizes the depth of our (fossil) energy dependence, hence a 30 year period to be off fossil fuels. Accepts the safety of nuclear, and promise of 4th generation nuclear (molten salt) reactors that will operate at atmospheric pressure. Also that our problem is not only to stop using fossil fuels, but to remove much of the excess CO2 we have added to the atmosphere, oceans and environment generally.

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GaryP

Nothing new but a good summary.

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2020

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Breezy, youthful, seemingly comprehensive, but narrow research windows on virtually all subjects. A couple of big errors in key places, some omissions, nothing to hold onto at the end, except “Get to Work”. What it misses is biology, physics, and social justice. Broad but not deep.

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Charles Guerin

Must reading

Reviewed in Canada on April 5, 2020

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Everyone should read and understand the 5-point plan, should send to every member of parliament

Julian

Comprehensive overview of the steps needed to solve climate change.

Reviewed in Germany on August 29, 2020

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The author succeeds at painting a picture of what solving climate change could look like. His well-structured framework outlines what developments are needed to achieve negative emissions not only in well-off countries that can rely on policies and mandates, but also in the developing world.

Selectos

Une idée très forte avec des arguments concrets et une solide base scientifique

Reviewed in France on June 4, 2020

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Une idée très forte avec des arguments concrets et une solide base scientifique

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