"I wouldn't know how to do that," he said. He said he applauds activists who have been able to put climate change on the political agenda. No matter what their political affiliation is. Amazingly, young people are more interested in climate than ever. And he's impressed with some of the work that's already being done. Gates stepped down from Microsoft's board of directors last March to dedicate more time to the challenge he considers one of the biggest to face the world. In 2015, he spearheaded an initiative to fund clean energy technologies, and in 2019, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation poured hundreds of millions of dollars into helping farmers in developing nations adapt to the impacts of climate change. It's a cause he's invested in in recent years. Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, lays out his plan for achieving greenhouse gas targets in his new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, which will be released Tuesday. and Canada do their part, the rest of the world won't." So all the other countries look to us," Gates told The Current's Matt Galloway in a Canadian broadcast exclusive airing Monday morning on CBC Radio. "Historically, we have had a lot of emissions, and we're well-off countries. must set an example for the rest of the world in the fight against climate change. American entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Gates says Canada and the U.S.
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