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Bill Gates has called for a \u201cstrategic pivot\u201d in the effort against the climate crisis, writing that the world should shift away from trying to limit rising temperatures to instead focusing on efforts to prevent disease and poverty.<\/p>\n
Writing on his Gates Notes website, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder criticized what he described as a \u201cdoomsday view of climate change\u201d which is focusing \u201ctoo much on near-term emissions goals\u201d.<\/p>\n
Gates\u2019s memo comes a day after the UN said humanity had missed its target of limiting global heating to 1.5C, with the UN secretary general warning of \u201cdevastating consequences\u201d for the world.<\/p>\n
In the note on Monday, Gates said: \u201cAlthough climate change will have serious consequences \u2013 particularly for people in the poorest countries \u2013 it will not lead to humanity\u2019s demise. People will be able to live and thrive in most places on Earth for the foreseeable future.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the Cop30 climate summit, which will bring together world leaders in the Brazilian rainforest city of Bel\u00e9m in November, was \u201ca chance to refocus on the metric that should count even more than emissions and temperature change: improving lives\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough climate change will hurt poor people more than anyone else, for the vast majority of them it will not be the only or even the biggest threat to their lives and welfare,\u201d Gates wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest problems are poverty and disease, just as they always have been. Understanding this will let us focus our limited resources on interventions that will have the greatest impact for the most vulnerable people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gates\u2019s viewpoint is at odds with that of the UN secretary general, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, who on Monday told the Guardian and the Amazon-based news organisation Suma\u00fama it was time to \u201crecognise our failure\u201d in the climate crisis.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe truth is that we have failed to avoid an overshooting above 1.5C in the next few years. And that going above 1.5C has devastating consequences. Some of these devastating consequences are tipping points, be it in the Amazon, be it in Greenland, or western Antarctica or the coral reefs,\u201d Guterres said.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cIt is absolutely indispensable to change course in order to make sure that the overshoot is as short as possible and as low in intensity as possible to avoid tipping points like the Amazon. We don\u2019t want to see the Amazon as a savannah. But that is a real risk if we don\u2019t change course and if we don\u2019t make a dramatic decrease of emissions as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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