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Commentary: There are no quick-fixes to climate change even if Bill Gates says so Technology has to be part of the solution, but will not be a magical remedy after centuries of excessive carbon emissions, says MIT economics professor Daron Acemoglu.
Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, gestures as he speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan 25, 2018. (Photo: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)
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BOSTON: Humanity has never faced a collective challenge as daunting as climate change. Net global greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions must be reduced to near-zero within the next three decades to give us even a fighting chance of keeping the temperatures within 2 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels.
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