How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

Bill Gates lays forth a plan for how the world can create the resources it needs to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions, sharing what he has learned in more than ten years of researching climate change and funding solutions.

Bill Gates discusses his strong concerns about climate change and what gives him hope that humanity can avert the worst effects of the issue. According to Gates, "we can work on a local, national, and global level to build the technologies, businesses, and industries to avoid the worst impacts of climate change." His foundation's efforts to combat illness and poverty have naturally led to his interest in climate change. According to Gates, those who have contributed the least to climate change will be the ones most affected. He has direct experience as a techie with how innovation can transform society. Gates thinks significant steps may be taken to combat climate change by funding research, creating new technologies, and swiftly implementing them on a broad scale. Gates said that "we have to get to net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases in order to prevent the worst effects of climate change." Though the issue is pressing and the discussion nuanced, I think we can work together to develop new carbon-zero technologies, implement those we already have, and eventually prevent a global disaster."