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Akshat Rathi is an award-winning senior reporter for Bloomberg News. His first book is Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions has been named one of the best books of the year by The Times and The Economic Times. He has also edited a book of essays from young climate leaders.

Akshat has a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Oxford, and a BTech in chemical engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai. You can sign up to his weekly Zero newsletter, subscribe to his weekly Zero podcast, and follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Previously, Akshat was a senior reporter at Quartz and a science editor at The Conversation. His work has been cited widely, including in New York Times, Washington Post, ...more

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	Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions 3.88 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	United We Are Unstoppable 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Science of Superheroes by Mark Lorch (editor), Brian Mackenwells (Contributor), David Jesson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flash of Light: The Science of Light and Colour by Mark Lorch (Editor), Andy Miah (Editor), Benjamin P Burke (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Akshat has read Breathe: Seven Ways to Win a Greener World by Sadiq Khan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Akshat liked Avantika Bagai's review of Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions: "Great case studies for how climate change can be mitigated through combined efforts of people, policies and technological advancement. However, I felt the book could have provided a more balanced perspective by what is or isn't happening in Africa on" Read more of this review »
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Akshat liked Faith Saar's review of Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions: "A really digestible way to contextualize how the capitalist system will need to adjust to account for climate change. By no means was it a comprehensive study but offered an interesting snapshot in a narrative format to study the actors that are movi" Read more of this review »
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“Climate Capitalism is an antidote to the dominant narrative that because we’ve ignored the climate crisis for so long, it will soon be too late.”
― Akshat Rathi, Climate Capitalism: Winning the Race to Zero Emissions and Solving the Crisis of Our Age

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