What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates · Episode 3
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates, Can We Stop Global Warming? What the evidence says about climate change
What the episode covers, where climate change stands on the 311 Starburst and what leaders should take from it.
What it covers
About the episode
The episode asks whether new technologies can be scaled up fast enough to bring emissions to zero, and looks at progress on climate.
- Broadcaster
- Netflix
- Made by
- Tremolo Productions
- Episode
- Series 1, episode 3
What the evidence says
Where climate change stands in 2026
The 311 Starburst maps when each emerging technology and trend is expected to reach wide use. These are the entries that match this subject, with their status today.
- Technology · GeoengineeringDirect Air Carbon Capture
Direct air capture uses machines that pull carbon dioxide out of normal air. The gas is then stored underground or used to make other products.
- Expected wide use
- 2045
- Status in 2026
- Watch
- Readiness
- TRL 7 of 9
- Trend · EnvironmentalClimate Change
- Expected wide use
- 2015
- Status in 2026
- Act now
- Trend · PoliticalNet Zero Pledges
- Expected wide use
- 2021
- Status in 2026
- Act now
- Trend · Energy & ResourcesCarbon Capture and Storage Systems
- Expected wide use
- 2035
- Status in 2026
- Explore
- Trend · Energy & ResourcesGreen Energy Transition
- Expected wide use
- 2025
- Status in 2026
- Act now
Source: the 311 Starburst, researched by the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit (data built 2026-10-28). Status rings: Act now means wide use by 2027, Prepare 2028 to 2030, Explore 2031 to 2035, Watch 2036 or later. Explore the Starburst Centre.
311 analysis
What leaders should take from it
- Climate change is an Act now trend; physical risk to your sites and supply chains needs a plan today.
- Carbon removal will not arrive in time to excuse delay: direct air capture is a Watch-ring technology.
- The energy transition is already underway; the opportunity is in the technologies that scale this decade.
Analysis by the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit.
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Answers
Common questions
Can technology stop global warming?
It can cut emissions sharply, but some tools are far off. The 311 Starburst places direct air carbon capture in its Watch ring, with expected wide use in 2045, while the green energy transition is an Act now trend.
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