US EditionBill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions to reducing human suffering
Bill Gates urges world leaders to focus climate funds on poverty, disease, and human welfare, noting 8 million deaths annually from health issues linked to poverty.
- Bill Gates released a 17-page memo Tuesday urging a strategic pivot from limiting temperature rise to fighting poverty and disease ahead of next month's United Nations climate change conference in Brazil.
- A doomsday outlook has led the climate community toward near-term emissions goals, which Gates says diverts resources from the most effective ways to improve life in poorest countries.
- Gates noted that Gavi, public-private partnership started by the Gates Foundation, will have 25% less funding for five years while vaccines can save a life for a little more than $1,000.
- Some experts welcomed the human-health emphasis, with Kristie Ebi agreeing on U.N. focus, while Jeffrey Sachs called it `pointless, vague, unhelpful and confusing`; Gates criticized foreign aid cuts as adaptation funding shrinks.
- Gates said governments should drive the difference to zero and be rigorous about measuring impacts, as scientists warn crossing the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold may be nearly unavoidable by early 2028.
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Bill Gates tells an audience at Caltech that the doomsday scenario is wrong
Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, said climate change’s “doomsday scenario” is wrong, and advocated for continuing reductions in carbon emissions while accelerating aid to countries most affected by the Earth’s warming climate, he said during a talk at Caltech on Monday, Nov. 3. “Fortunately, although climate is an extremely serious problem, it is not of that nature: it will not end civilization. It’s a very serious threat to …
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The purposeful misinterpretation of Bill Gate’s climate message to world leaders
Bill Gates is correct to call for greater effort to alleviate human suffering. However, that neither requires nor justifies less effort to protect the atmosphere and the other environmental assets that support all life.
Bill Gates Is Suddenly Skeptical: Pivots from Climate Doom and Renewables - ClimateRealism
Editor’s Note: The media has been awash with stories about Bill Gates’ apparent about face on climate change. The New York Times, CBS, CNN, the Associated Press, and dozens of other outlets discussed a lengthy blog post Gates wrote in which he said climate change will not destroy civilization or lead to the extinction of humanity, and that there are more direct and pressing issues like alleviating poverty. The Heartland Institute has made this s…
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