# Bill Gates: National Book Festival 2021

Bill Gates, author of "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need" (Knopf), discusses the history, implications and geopolitical ramifications of climate change, as well as the technology and investment required to address the crisis, with philanthropist and National Book Festival co-chairman David M. Rubenstein. Bonus content: John Hessler, curator of the Kislak Collection, presents meaningful historical considerations of climate prediction from the Library's Geography and Map Division.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2021
- By: Library Of Congress
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697633/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2024697633?play=1)