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Bill Gates says curbing climate change is more challenging than ending the coronavirus pandemic.
In a new book set to publish this month, he lays out how to clean up the worst-emitting sectors.
Insider interviewed Gates last month. Read our full conversation with the Microsoft billionaire.
In 2015, Bill Gates warned in a speech that we weren t ready for the next pandemic, and he urged action.
An infectious virus is the greatest risk of global catastrophe, he said. We ve actually invested very little in a system to stop an epidemic. Time is not on our side.
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Bill Gates says we can t solve climate change s greatest challenges without innovation.
His number one priority for Biden is to fund clean-energy technologies, he told Insider.
Gates has also proposed a new government organization, modeled after NIH, and a shift in tax credits to more nascent clean technologies.
Bill Gates, the cofounder and former CEO of Microsoft, has built his legacy and a $136 billion fortune on technological breakthroughs in software and healthcare.
As he turns his attention to climate change, it s no surprise that he believes innovation will be our most powerful weapon against rising temperatures.