Published 21:45 IST, October 3rd 2019
Bill Gates book on fighting climate change to release by June 2020
The Microsoft founder Bill Gates will outline his ideas for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, whether through local, national or global action.
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Bill Gates is taking his fight against climate change to printed p. Gates is working on “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” Doubleday anunced Thursday. Microsoft founder will outline his ideas for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, wher through local, national or global action. Gates said in a statement that he wanted to help “build techlogies, businesses, and industries to avoid worst impacts of climate change.”
At United Nations’ Climate Action Summit last month, Gates anunced that his foundation was working with World Bank and some European governments to provide $790 million to help millions of world’s small farmers apt to climate change. Gates Foundation pledged $310 million of that. “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster” is scheduled for June 2020.
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Experts say apting to climate change can pay off manifold
A group of leers from business, politics, and science has called for a massive investment in apting to climate change over next dece, arguing it would reap significant returns as countries avoid catastrophic losses and boost ir ecomies.
Global Commission on aptation, comprising dozens of prominent figures including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, urged governments and businesses to tackle inevitable consequences of climate change, in dition to trying to curb it.
In ir 81-p report released Tuesday, experts proposed investing $1.8 trillion between 2020 and 2030 in areas such as early warning systems, infrastructure that can withstand rising sea levels and extreme wear, and boosting agriculture to cope with droughts. Or areas y propose investing in are bolstering scarce water resources and improving mangrove forests that provide key protection to vulnerable shorelines in developing nations.
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Gates Foundation pledged $310 million
Businesses and charities also got in on act, at times even going bigger than major nations. Microsoft founder Bill Gates anunced Monday that his foundation, along with World Bank and some European governments, would provide $790 million in financial help to 300 million of world’s small farmers apt to climate change. Gates Foundation pledged $310 million of that.
“ world can still prevent absolute worst effects of climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and developing new techlogies and sources of energy,” Gates said. “But effects of rising temperatures are alrey underway.”
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19:54 IST, October 3rd 2019