According to the sixth assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Bill Gates said that the threat of climate change is dire and that he is a billionaire philanthropist.
What Happened: Gates tweeted the report on Wednesday and said the threat of climate change is dire. The opportunities are immense if we act with ambition, unleash innovation, and meet this moment with the urgency it demands. The challenge to keep warming to 1.5 C has become even greater due to the continued rise in greenhouse gas emissions since the Panel's 2018 meeting.
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The solution is climate-resilient development. In a statement, IPCC said that this involved integrating measures to adapt to climate change with actions to reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions in ways that provide wider benefits.
Gates said in December that the 1.5 C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer achievable.
He said at the time that given the scale of our industrial economy, we're going to have to do mind blowing work to stay below 2 degrees. Microsoft co-founder has pushed for a more realistic approach to climate change. He has invested $2 billion in climate technologies spanning direct air capture, solar energy, and nuclear fission.
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