Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from global heating to ‘improving lives’

Billionaire’s statement comes a day after UN said humanity missed 1.5C climate targetBill Gates has called for a “strategic pivot” in the effort against the climate crisis, writing that the world should shift away from trying to limit rising temperatures to instead focusing on efforts to prevent disease and poverty.Writing on his Gates Notes website, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder criticized what he described as a “doomsday view of climate change” which is focusing “too much on near-term emissions goals”. Continue reading...

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