The document discusses the most pressing problems and long term challenges of climate change and energy. It argues that climate change negotiations have been presented as a burden, but should instead focus on the opportunities for investment, technology, and economic growth in clean energy. Specifically, it calls for replacing subsidies for fossil fuels with incentives for clean technologies through a technology-neutral carbon price. It also advocates a parallel bottom-up approach of building a community of countries willing to take action, in addition to top-down UN negotiations that have yet to reach agreement.