Bill Gates softens stance on climate change: This 'will not be the end of humanity'

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates Softening its stance on climate change, it has alleged that the global threat caused by man-made emissions will not mark the end of the human race.

“Although climate change will have serious consequences – especially for people in the poorest countries – it will not spell the end of humanity,” billionaire philanthropist. said in a memorandum Published on Monday night.

He wrote, “In the near future people will be able to live and flourish in most places on Earth.” “Emissions projections have fallen short, and with the right policies and investments, innovation will allow us to reduce emissions even further.”

Gates, who has spent billions in the fight against climate change and whose foundation provides financial support The Independent’s Coverage in Africa also attacks using temperature as a measure of climate progress and cautions that the current “doomsday scenario” on Earth’s future under climate change is leading people to focus too much on near-term emissions targets and “diverting resources from the most effective things we should be doing to make life better in a warming world” such as improving agriculture and health.

The software leader’s position appears to be a change from his previous views, and he did not reference the scientists’ views. increasingly dire climate predictionsHowever, Gates later insisted that there was no reversal of his position. the new York Times,

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is changing his stance on the climate crisis, saying the threat will not be the end for humanity. ,Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies,

The Breakthrough Energy founder told reporters, “If you think climate is not important, you will not agree with the memo. If you think climate is the sole cause and apocalypse, you will not agree with the memo.”

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In the memo, Gates said he “let the temperature rise by 0.1 degrees To get rid of malaria” – despite the fact that climate change is largely responsible for increasing the reach of mosquitoes that spread malaria and other diseases.

He also advocated the use of artificial intelligence in dealing with “increasing energy demand without increasing carbon emissions”, but did not discuss its contributing role in the climate crisis. AI runs on huge amounts of electricity and water, which can lead to more greenhouse gas emissions.

Like many major competitors, Microsoft has adopted AI over the past few years, Billions invested in technologyAlthough the tech giant still aims to remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits by 2030, its emissions have declined. increased by more than 23 percent In the last five years, partly because of AI.

Since the release of the memo, Gates’ comments have been criticized by experts Elon Musk praised on social media platform By anti-climate activists.

“Bill Gates is deeply misguided on climate,” climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann said in a social media post. Post,

David Callahan, editor inside charitysuggested to the new York Times Gates’ memo may have been aimed at reframing the debate around climate change or “a desire to move to the center and continue to not be a target of the Trump administration.”

President Donald Trump and Republicans have refused to acknowledge the realities of climate change – at least publicly – calling it a “hoax.”

Gates, who have been around for a long time Supporters of climate optimismHas faced criticism in the past for controversial climate comments, Claiming that the Earth will “recover” And That Planting trees is “complete nonsense.”

Gates, who has spent billions fighting climate change, has previously been at odds with scientists for his climate-related comments. — Gates, who has spent billions fighting climate change, has previously been at odds with scientists over his climate-related comments. ,AFP via Getty Images,

Climate scientists say that unless humanity can stop producing fossil fuel emissions that heat the atmosphere, Earth will experience extreme weather and other changes faster than humans can handle.

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Recent progress has been made on global emissions, which the United Nations called Estimated to fall by about 10 percent by 2035However, the planet is already seeing many of the devastating effects of climate change, with record ocean temperatures causing massive, supercharged hurricanes, historic rainfall and flooding events, heat waves becoming longer and more severe and island nations losing land due to sea level rise.

Weeks of Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified over Atlantic Ocean waters that were 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than average — conditions that were 700 times more likely to occur due to human-caused climate change, according to the Nonprofit Climate Central,

Just four years earlier, Gates had said that the effects of climate change, including rising global temperatures, would make conditions at the equator “essentially unlivable…” by the end of the century. [leading to] The instability of millions of people trying to move out of areas where much of the world’s population is concentrated, and especially the poorest in the world.”

“Avoiding climate disaster will be one of the greatest challenges humans will ever face,” he explained,