Latest Breaking News On - Steve bruere - Page 11 : comparemela.com

The global farmland grab goes green Back in March of this year, Bill Gates was fielding questions on the online platform Reddit, promoting his new book on the climate crisis. Gates had just recently been revealed to be the largest farmland owner in the US, and one of the Reddit participants asked him why he was buying so much agricultural land. Gates replied: “My investment group chose to do this. It is not connected to climate.”   The first part of his answer is typical billionaire-speak. The world s richest tend to place their money with family offices whose managers are tasked to make as much profit as possible. If they get called out for funding pipelines and factory farms, then the billionaires can feign ignorance and say their investment group chose to do it. It s a similar dynamic with pension funds, where workers entrust their retirement savings to schemes that invest in all kinds of projects that undermine the well-being of working people around the planet.

United statesBruce sherrickWikimedia commonsMartin daviesSteve bruereBill gatesPensioenfonds postEmily nortonFarmland fundWestchester groupUnited nationsGlobal development outlookFarmland researchPeoples companyUn international panel on climateWikimedia commons the global development outlook