“A comprehensive plan to tackle one of the most vexing challenges in human history.”
Jim Collins, author of Good to Great
”With personal insight and visionary foresight, Doerr provides us with a practical guide for both public and private sector participation in decarbonizing the global economy.”
Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Change Convention
”A clear, detailed, and comprehensive plan for climate action exactly when we need it most.”
John is an engineer, venture capitalist, the chair of Kleiner Perkins, and the author of the number one best-seller Measure What Matters. For over 40 years, John has served entrepreneurs with ingenuity and optimism, helping them build bold teams and disruptive companies. He was an original investor and board member at Google and Amazon, helping to create more than a million jobs. A pioneer of Silicon Valley’s cleantech movement, Doerr has invested in zero emissions technologies since 2006. Outside Kleiner Perkins, Doerr works with social entrepreneurs who are tackling systemic issues across climate, public health, and education.
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Ryan Panchadsaram
Ryan Panchadsaram is an engineer and investor focused on solving systemic societal challenges. At Kleiner Perkins, Ryan serves as technical advisor to John Doerr, where he invests in founders and technologies that aim to change the world. Ryan and John collaborated on Speed & Scale and number one bestseller Measure What Matters. Under President Obama, Ryan was Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States, where he championed entrepreneurship, innovation, and open data.
Bill Gates
Christiana Figueres
Al Gore
Mary Barra
Jeff Bezos
John Kerry
Larry Fink
Laurene Powell Jobs
Doug McMillon
Fred Krupp
Sundar Pichai
Ethan Brown
Safeena Husain
Hal Harvey
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Leaders taking action
Chris Anderson, TED
Mary Barra, General Motors
Jeff Bezos, Amazon & Bezos Earth Fund
David Blood, Generation Investment Management
Kate Brant, Alphabet
Ethan Brown, Beyond Meat
Margot Brown, Environmental Defense
Amol Deshpande, Farmers Business Network
Christiana Figueres, Global Optimism
Larry Fink, Blackrock
Taylor Francis, Watershed
Bill Gates, Breakthrough Energy
Jonah Goldman, Breakthrough Energy
Al Gore, The Climate Reality Project
Patrick Graichen, Agora Energiewende
Steve Hamburg, Environmental Defense Fund
Hal Harvey, Energy Innovation
Per Heggenes, IKEA Foundation
Kara Hurst, Amazon
Safeena Husain, Educate Girls Now!
Lynn Jurich, Sunrun
Nat Keohane, Environmental Defense Fund
John Kerry, U.S. State Department
Jennifer Kitt, Climate Leadership Initiative
Badri Kothandaraman, Enphase
Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund
Kelly Levin, World Resources Institute
Lindsay Levin, Future Stewards
Dawn Lippert, Elemental Excelerator
Amory Lovins, RMI
Megan Mahajan, Energy Innovation
Doug McMillon, Walmart
Bruce Nilles, Climate Imperative
Robbie Orvis, Energy Innovation
Sundar Pichai, Alphabet
Ryan Popple, Proterra
Henrik Poulsen, Ørsted
Laurene Powell Jobs, Emerson Collective
Nan Ransohoff, Stripe
Carmichael Roberts, Breakthrough Energy
Matt Rogers, Incite
Anumita Roy Chowdhury, Centre for Science and Environment
Jonathan Silver, Guggenheim Partners
Jagdeep Singh, Quantumscape
Andrew Steer, Bezos Earth Fund
Eric Toone, Breakthrough Energy
Eric Trusiewicz, Breakthrough Energy
Jan Van Dokkum, Imperative Science Ventures
Brian Von Herzen, Climate Foundation
James Wakibia, The Flipflopi Project
Tensie Whelan, Rainforest Alliance
Chris Anderson, TED
Mary Barra, General Motors
Jeff Bezos, Amazon & Bezos Earth Fund
David Blood, Generation Investment Management
Kate Brant, Alphabet
Ethan Brown, Beyond Meat
Margot Brown, Environmental Defense
Amol Deshpande, Farmers Business Network
Christiana Figueres, Global Optimism
Larry Fink, Blackrock
Taylor Francis, Watershed
Bill Gates, Breakthrough Energy
Jonah Goldman, Breakthrough Energy
Al Gore, The Climate Reality Project
Patrick Graichen, Agora Energiewende
Steve Hamburg, Environmental Defense Fund
Hal Harvey, Energy Innovation
Per Heggenes, IKEA Foundation
Kara Hurst, Amazon
Safeena Husain, Educate Girls Now!
Lynn Jurich, Sunrun
Nat Keohane, Environmental Defense Fund
John Kerry, U.S. State Department
Jennifer Kitt, Climate Leadership Initiative
Badri Kothandaraman, Enphase
Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund
Kelly Levin, World Resources Institute
Lindsay Levin, Future Stewards
Dawn Lippert, Elemental Excelerator
Amory Lovins, RMI
Megan Mahajan, Energy Innovation
Doug McMillon, Walmart
Bruce Nilles, Climate Imperative
Robbie Orvis, Energy Innovation
Sundar Pichai, Alphabet
Ryan Popple, Proterra
Henrik Poulsen, Ørsted
Laurene Powell Jobs, Emerson Collective
Nan Ransohoff, Stripe
Carmichael Roberts, Breakthrough Energy
Matt Rogers, Incite
Anumita Roy Chowdhury, Centre for Science and Environment
