Alon Tal's career has been a balance between academia, politics, and public interest advocacy. He is presently a visiting professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and outgoing chair of the Department of Public Policy at Tel Aviv University. Tal has published hundreds of academic and popular articles and written/edited some eleven books on topics involving sustainability. Between 2021 and 2022 Tal was a member of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament where he chaired the country's first subcommittee on Environment and Climate. He also served on Israel's national delegation to the COP27 climate conference.
"""A richly detailed but accessible introduction to policy approaches to mobilize climate tech.""--Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund ""Alon Tal accomplishes the nearly impossible task of writing a book on climate technology policy that is both substantive and enjoyable to read. It is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to understand how the interplay between climate technology innovation and public policy will determine whether we are able to address the most daunting challenge of our era.""--Joe Kruger, Director of Research & Strategy, Georgetown Climate Center ""If you read one book about climate change this year, make it Alon Tal's. No one understands better the policies that can lead to a carbon-neutral economy and avert a climate catastrophe.""--Paul Ehrlich, author of 'Before They Vanish: Saving Nature's Populations and Ourselves' ""In this impressive global analysis of clean tech successes and failures, Prof. Alon Tal explores the role that government policies and programs have played in stimulating green technological change. This highly readable book will be of great interest to decision makers, practitioners, researchers, and students concerned with making a net-zero world possible.""--Miranda A. Schreurs, Professor and Chair of Environment and Climate Policy, Technical University of Munich"