❓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 Belém, Brazil.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The biggest problems are poverty and disease, just as they always have been.” – Bill Gates
🎯IMPACT: Gates’s remarks have sparked debate, suggesting the supposedly existential threat of climate change has fallen out of fashion with him in favour of other supposed dangers.
Bill Gates has stated that climate change will not result in humanity’s demise, urging world leaders to shift focus toward addressing poverty and diseases like malaria. In an open letter, Gates criticized the United Nations’ emphasis on short-term emission targets, instead advocating for improving living conditions and health outcomes globally.
“Although climate change will have serious consequences—particularly for people in the poorest countries—it will not lead to humanity’s demise,” Gates wrote on his GatesNotes website. “People will be able to live and thrive in most places on Earth for the foreseeable future. Emissions projections have gone down, and with the right policies and investments, innovation will allow us to drive emissions down much further.”
“Unfortunately, the doomsday outlook is causing much of the climate community to focus too much on near-term emissions goals, and it’s diverting resources from the most effective things we should be doing to improve life in a warming world,” the billionaire vaccine-obsessive added.
Ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, Gates called for increased investments in vaccines and health programs. He highlighted that while innovation in clean energy is necessary for reducing emissions, it should not come at the expense of health and development funding. Gates stated, “Every tenth of a degree of heating that we prevent is hugely beneficial because a stable climate makes it easier to improve people’s lives.”
The billionaire philanthropist, who has invested in over 150 clean energy companies, acknowledged that some climate advocates might criticize his stance. However, he argued that human welfare should take precedence over narrowly focusing on temperature targets. “If you said to me, ‘Hey, what about 0.1 degrees versus malaria eradication?’ I’ll let the temperature go up 0.1 degrees to get rid of malaria,” he remarked during a recent interview.
Gates concluded his letter by urging leaders at COP30 to adopt a broader perspective, stating, “It’s not too late to adopt a different view and adjust our strategies for dealing with climate change.”
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