Join Dr. Akshat Rathi as he discusses how it's now cheaper to save the world than to destroy it, and dive into his view of how capitalism can work to reverse the course of the climate crisis – bringing about the rapid, large-scale systemic change we need to see over the coming decades.

Meet Dr. Akshat Rathi

Dr. Akshat Rathi is a London-based senior reporter for Bloomberg News. His first book, Climate Capitalism, tells the stories of people building solutions at scale to tackle climate change and will be published in October. 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 for 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, and he has also worked for The Economist and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has won numerous awards for his work, and his writings have also been published in Nature, The Hindu, The Guardian, Ars Technica, and Chemistry World, among others.

This event is the keynote for our Learning for Action “Fossas” cohort, and is open to the public.