From Guns & Steel to Grids & Batteries: A History-Informed View of Climate Action

25 Dec 2025 | Abstracted from CleanTechnica

Michael Barnard argues that effective climate action depends first on creating and scaling markets for clean technologies, then on institutional reform, and lastly on cultural shifts. Drawing on historical works like Guns, Germs, and Steel, he suggests decarbonization succeeds when clean tech is produced, bought, and improved at scale. Markets, not perfect policy, lower costs and drive adoption.

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