US EditionBill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions to reducing human suffering
Bill Gates urges prioritizing aid to reduce poverty and disease in poor countries over solely curbing emissions, noting climate-related deaths may drop 50% with economic growth.
- 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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by Natalie Winters, The National Pulse: WHAT HAPPENED: Bill Gates declared that climate change “will not lead to humanity’s demise”—walking back his previous climate alarmism—and urged world leaders to prioritize health and poverty issues over short-term emission targets. 👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder. 📍WHEN & WHERE: Gates’s open letter was published ahead of the COP30 climate summit, scheduled to take place in […]
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Bill Gates Says We'll Survive Climate Change, World Furious
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