Reflections by the author after writing this book.

Agriculture accounts for a large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions but it also offers the promise of providing low-carbon feedstocks for energy, fuels, chemicals, and products. Agriculture also provides great opportunities for carbon sequestration. We discuss the investments and policies being activated to make this transition.

The world is undergoing unprecedented change as a result of global population increases, rapid urbanization, and the acceleration of affluence in developing countries, which leads to increased consumption of resources and impactful emissions.

The White House is committed to 30 GW of new offshore wind by 2030 but there are extensive barriers and delays resulting from federal, state, and local government policies, as well as a lack of mature supply chains. What are these barriers and how can we address the issues?

What are the legacy energy sources and what are the impacts as we move to renewables?

To get to a net-zero-carbon economy, we will need a new generation of sustainable technologies and the financing infrastructure to channel novel ideas into viable products and companies.

One of the most disruptive technologies to impact global markets is the transition to electric vehicles, which is detailed and explained in this chapter.

China and the United States are in a race to dominate the global minerals market in order to lead in clean-tech manufacturing while protecting the technologies needed by the military and other national security imperatives.

Neither the voluntary carbon market nor financing of climate-smart technologies can occur if affordable insurance products do not exist to minimize the numerous types of risks. We examine the types of risks and insurance products and their maturity to the marketplace.

For all of the winners in the transition, there will also be losers in our economy. Which industries and workforces will be impacted by the transition?

How can we make the transition to a net-zero-carbon economy a political divide pitting conservatives versus liberals and those living in urban cores versus rural communites?

The USA has never witnessed such a large infusion of federal funding to address the green technology, renewable energy, and climate mitigation transitions. The Biden Administration has infused unprecedented amounts of funding but without fully addressing the unintended consequences and risks that come with the tremendous opportunities.

In this chapter, the author looks into his crystal ball to explore what technologies, policies, and companies may thrive in the new net-zero-carbon economy and which may drop off.

This chapter offers a high-level overview of some of the global drivers of dynamic sustainability.

There is a growing demand for renewable energy sources to power the net-zero-carbon transition. What are the sources and their benefits and drawbacks?