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Form analysis 12 forms found in the DOM
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<span class="ProSetTopics">About Bill Gates</span>
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Between two COPs
In Glasgow, I saw three big shifts in the climate conversation
A lot has changed in the past six years.
By Bill Gates
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November 08, 2021 4 minute read
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Last week I spent three fantastic days at the global climate summit (known as
COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. My main impression is how much things have changed
since the last summit, back in 2015—and I don’t mean because of COVID. The
climate conversation has shifted dramatically, and for the better.
One big shift is that clean-energy innovation is higher on the agenda than ever.
The world needs to get to zero carbon emissions by 2050. As I argue in the book
I published this year, accomplishing that will require a green Industrial
Revolution in which we decarbonize virtually the entire physical economy: how we
make things, generate electricity, move around, grow food, and cool and heat
buildings. The world already has some of the tools we’ll need to do that, but we
need a huge number of new inventions too.
So at an event like this, one way I measure progress is by the way people are
thinking about what it’ll take to reach zero emissions. Do they think we already
have all the tools we need to get there? Or is there a nuanced view of the
complexity of this problem, and the need for new, affordable clean technology
that helps people in low- and middle-income countries raise their standard of
living without making climate change worse?
Six years ago, there were more people on the we-have-what-we-need side than on
the innovation side. This year, though, innovation was literally on center
stage. One session of the World Leaders Summit, where I got to speak, was
exclusively about developing and deploying clean technologies faster.
I also helped launch the Net Zero World Initiative, a commitment from the U.S.
government to help other countries get to zero by providing funding and—even
more important—access to experts throughout the government, including the top
minds at America’s world-class national laboratories. These countries will get
support with planning the transition to a green economy, piloting new
technologies, working with investors, and more.
The second major shift is that the private sector is now playing a central role
alongside governments and nonprofits. In Glasgow, I met with leaders in various
industries that need to be part of the transition—including shipping, mining,
and financial services—who had practical plans to decarbonize and to support
innovation. I saw CEOs of international banks really engaging with these issues,
whereas many of them wouldn’t even have shown up a few years ago. (It made me
wish we could get the same kind of turnout and excitement for conferences on
global health!)
I announced that three new partners—Citi, the IKEA Foundation, and State
Farm—will be working with Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a program designed to
get the most promising climate technologies to scale much faster than would
happen naturally. They’re joining the first round of seven partners we announced
in September. It’s amazing to see how much momentum Catalyst has generated in
just a few months.
I was also honored to join President Biden and his climate envoy, John Kerry, to
announce that Breakthrough Energy will be the primary implementation partner for
the First Movers Coalition. It’s a new initiative from the U.S. State Department
and the World Economic Forum that will boost demand for emerging climate
solutions in some of the sectors where it’ll be especially hard to eliminate
emissions: aviation, concrete and steel production, shipping, and more.
The third shift I’m seeing is that there’s even more visibility for climate
adaptation. The worst tragedy of rising temperatures is that they will do the
most harm to the people who have done the least to cause them. And if we don’t
help people in low- and middle-income countries thrive despite the warming that
is already under way, the world will lose the fight against extreme poverty.
So it was great to hear President Biden and other leaders repeatedly raising the
importance of adaptation. I got to join the president, along with officials from
the United Arab Emirates, to launch a program called Agricultural Innovation
Mission for Climate. It’s designed to focus some of the world’s innovative IQ on
ways to help the poorest people adapt, such as new varieties of crops that can
withstand more droughts and floods. More than 30 other countries, as well as
dozens of companies and nonprofits (including the Gates Foundation), are already
supporting it.
As part of that effort, I joined a coalition of donors that pledged more than
half a billion dollars to support the CGIAR’s work to advance climate-smart
innovations for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Some people look at the problems that still need to be solved and see the glass
as half-empty. I don’t share that view, but this is what I would tell anyone who
does: The glass is being filled up faster than ever. If we keep this up—if the
world puts even more effort into innovations that reduce the cost of getting to
zero and help the poorest people adapt to climate change—then we’ll be able to
look back on this summit as an important milestone in avoiding a climate
disaster.
Read this next
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My message to the world at COP26
We need to make zero-carbon alternatives affordable for people all over the
world.
This is how we build a zero emissions economy
I recently wrote a white paper about the investments and policies we need to get
to net-zero as quickly as possible.
What you can do to fight climate change
This excerpt from my book includes several ideas for how you can help move us
closer to a zero-carbon future.
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Mary Ann Valdez
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Thank you Bill gates for caring.
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Pablo Alvarado M
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We need this. Thank you Mr Gates, for being on the right side of the
conversation.
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Obed Kwaku
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Let's stand for climate change
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Gilberto Avelar de Castro
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Todos os trabalhos da fundação Gates & Melinda são maravilhosos. Parabéns a
maior fundação do mundo.
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Svitlana Kravtsova
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Maybe this is just the beginning of the Earth's upheaval? Antarctica at the site
of the North Pole... It seems in the past it already happened. Thousands years
ago.
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Udit Mehra
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a good climate change COP26
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Hasmukh Patel
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IT IS GOOD TO AWAKEN CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE WORLD. MARVELOUS WORK BY GATES
FOUNDATION. ..
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Barnabas Boamah
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Let us all stand up for Climate Change
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Richard Rayburn
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I don't remember any member discussing the 2 Carbon Capture Pipelines that are
being built across the Corn Belt in the USA .The farmers have two choices sell
your property or we will take it by eminent domain. 1800 mile pipelines
destroying topsoil and ultimately food. I wonder how much land has pipeline
owned by. Mr. Gates. Isn't fantastic that zero carbon will eliminate your food
source while eliminating private property making the rich even richer.
Just think no more corn for anyone around the world. All accomplished without
the creator God's approval.
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Hridyesh Kumar
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It felt nice to read about the climate changes and the effort for their
adaptation by the Bill Gates foundation and a dozen more nonprofit
organizations. By all the efforts like these, the world may get more sustainable
soon.
That would be so great, amazing.
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Pavel Breiva
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Project Natick.
In fact, Naval Group adapted a heat-exchange process commonly used for cooling
submarines to the underwater datacenter. The system pipes seawater directly
through the radiators on the back of each of the 12 server racks and back out
into the ocean. Findings from phase 1 of Project Natick indicate water from the
datacenter rapidly mixes and dissipates in the surrounding currents.
https://news.microsoft.com/features/under-the-sea-microsoft-tests-a-datacenter-thats-quick-to-deploy-could-provide-internet-connectivity-for-years/
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Environmental conservation club
This project aimed to build 10 fish ponds, and to install appropriately 10,000
bee hives with excursions and field work for Riverside Living Garden in our
community for socially, economically and environmentally beneficial. The project
will provide information on raising awareness on the need for conserving and
preserving the biodiversity with a wide range of business models to make money
from fish farming and beekeeping enterprises. We inter-grate environmental
issues with the cross-cutting issues like poverty reduction.
The first phase from 2021 to 2022 our project will covers on expansion of Aqua
Fish and Local Bee Clubs in communities, capacity building for youth groups,
information and awareness campaigns, community actions and evaluation of the
phase. The second phase which look place throughout 2022 and 2025 had as
highlights participation in installation of bee hives, fish pond construction,
This project aimed to build 10 fish ponds, and to install appropriately 10,000
bee hives with excursions and field work for Riverside Living Garden in our
community for socially, economically and environmentally beneficial. The project
will provide information on raising awareness on the need for conserving and
preserving the biodiversity with a wide range of business models to make money
from fish farming and beekeeping enterprises. We inter-grate environmental
issues with the cross-cutting issues like poverty reduction.
The first phase from 2021 to 2022 our project will covers on expansion of Aqua
Fish and Local Bee Clubs in communities, capacity building for youth groups,
information and awareness campaigns, community actions and evaluation of the
phase. The second phase which look place throughout 2022 and 2025 had as
highlights participation in installation of bee hives, fish pond construction,
establishing community information centers, project monitoring with
documentation and reporting. Our organization plan is to reduce the problem of
youth unemployment and poverty as whole.
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Richard Rayburn
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You do realize that people throughout the USA have grown fish for over 70 years
but your government is working on starving you to death via two carbon capture
pipelines across the corn belt.
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Tamako Yoshida
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Thank you dear Bill.
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Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
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Congratulations Bill, with my last blood I shall support and you and join you in
this. You have me Bill!
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Gerhard Heise
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When I grew up in our parents home the TV set was off by not later as Midnight.
The broadcaster had just a few programs to offer and during the night we all
went to sleep. Today 7/24 Information Flow. In addition, the various interfaces,
like all types of mobile phones with more and more Apps, more and more channels,
simply more and more Information Overflow. In public spaces and all sort of
private spaces. Just like to mention at that point that all the electricity, all
the batteries, all the storage, all the servers need energy. At the same time
more and more kids more and more complexity and therefore more and more loosing
track. So I recommand to turn off more often the light, turn off the PC, the
Laptop, turn not even on the Netflix and the like on. I myself just get fat up
with all the run for attentionalspace leading in the very end for having more
and more defects on getting concentrated.
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Pavel Breiva
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Can someone explain me, why data centers at the bottom of the ocean doesn't
affect climate change?
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Pradeep Kumar Mittal
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Computing is an umbrella, if we know, the rain will not happen, after this data.
Computing is force, we know, faith will happen, after this data. Computing is
vegetables, the if we know, how data can help the crop. Computing is education,
if we know, how data can take invention. Computing is god, if we know, how data
can fight for you. Computing is mistaken not if we know, how mistakes can crack
things.
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Walter Okafor
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I wish to state out clearly herein that gates foundation & other partners who
are working to see our climate has value for our corporate existence shall be
accomplish before set date of 2050, we from the developing countries shall
rejoice
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Han Ann
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Thank you 🙏
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Albert Vong SJ
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Thank you Bill for doing so much already. I guess the world is lucky that it was
you who cut a deal with IBM and not Gary Kildall otherwise the world would be a
very different place today. No Microsoft, No Windows, No Xbox and the most
important thing to happen is you and Warren Buffett founded the Giving Pledge.
Now it is also you who is making a big changes on Climate change thru your
innovation and research.
I don't know if it was Gary, would he do this much for the world.
So Thank you again. Bill, you make a big difference to the world.
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Nicholas Ssewanyana
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Thank you bill
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ashok choudhury
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...great vision and mind speak that make the world think. the fact that you
could think green and fight for it, much before the world saw the red speaks of
your foresight along with your heart n soul for humanity and the only living
planet, its home. good that the world has come thus far for a healthy,
zero-carbon life and future. yes, the glass is no more 'half-empty and the way
it's being filled faster is all proof and promises of more of global
understanding, realization, collaborations, actions, solutions, and
celebrations.
Adaptations' is such a good idea indeed!
Thanks to President Biden for his focus on it. More than a green act, it's about
humanitarian and just leadership that helps save the least offenders from bigger
punishments from the wrath of an aggrieved planet agonizingly disordered by
mindless exploitations.
lastly, I think there are regional, national, and global leaders. you are a
humanity leader made-to-order!
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Susan Fields
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Thank you for the great work you do. I wonder how much increasing world
population contributes to global warming and dozens of other natural calamities
such as diminishing rain forests, ocean plastics, disease, increasing poverty, a
poorer standard of living for those in poverty and much more. It’s people who do
the polluting. I cannot believe the change in areas I grew up in that are
negative just because there are quadruple the population than 40-50;years ago.
Why isn’t population control an issue?
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Livain Kenny
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Hi again , some songs from a musical world tour ( History from Michael Jackson )
have some true to face the climate change. 👍
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Bozena Reichard-Matkowski
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I am proud of You and Your Job. I hope a lot of people join this prozess to zero
carbon emissions by 2050.
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CHINWENDU PRISCA
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It's quite encouraging and it's very possible to achieve this goal if proper
measures are taken. The world will be a very beautiful place if we have 70%
finacial independent people.
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Diane Boover
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wouldn't it make sense to solarize all of the deserts on earth? Would that also
reclaim some "desertification?" It also would seem sensible to solarize all
median strips on highways. Every time I see machines mowing median strips I have
to laugh at the absurdity of it. The money used to hire mowers could easily be
shifted to solar panel installations.
Boone Pickens suggested wind turbines all down the wind corridor in the USA.
Perhaps all of the land used for oil pipelines could shift to wind pipelines
too. I'm sure most of this is already in the works. I certainly hope so.
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Simon Soloye
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Coal Power Plants -- Adaptability & Transition
Nations dependent on coal power with cautious transition targets would be able
to STOP coal emission SOOT & be able to achieve transition by Year 2040 ,2045 or
beyond coal power station shut down.e g Australia,China,India,Poland,USA,,
Germany, Poland & Indonesia.
The planet has many talented & ingenious ARCHITECTS that can design new chimneys
& storage facilities. e g Clay (Earth) materials used for inner layer of coal
power storage facilities to absorb heat & coal soot.
#TogetherForOurPlanet
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Simon Soloye
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Coal Power Plants Adaptability & Transition
Why have nations dependent on coal power plant for over 40% of power capacity
are not being convinced by International Organisations to start constructing
chimney pipelines channeled into storage tanks before the next climate summit
which should not take more than 24 Months for each Coal Power Plant.
NOTABLE NATIONS China,India,USA,Poland,Germany & Indonesia.
My inspirational idea.
#TogetherForOurPlanet
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Simon Soloye
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With COP26 coming to an end & delegates flying back home. GatesNotes Quote :
Some people look at the problems that still need to be solved & see glass as
half empty ---- The glass is being filled up faster than ever.
As an observer of COP26 many activists & vulnerable nations don't see the
problems as glass full.
#TogetherForOurPlanet
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Kgomotso Molelu
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1.Rich countries have a ‘moral responsibility to the world’s poorest. It would
be really catastrophic if the problems were ignored. The poorest countries have
contributed the least to carbon emissions, but are predicted to be
disproportionately affected, where much of the temperatures in sub-Saharan
Africa are predicted to rise at twice the global rate. There have been 25 other
COPs, and the 26th summit is proving the be the most hyped climate meeting in
the summit’s history. There are a number of reasons for this, one being that the
IPCC report released earlier this year finally managed to convey the urgency of
the climate conjuncture.
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Kgomotso Molelu
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2.Before, many institutional bodies involved in the climate movement were
hesitant to call for radical changes and governments were cautious to do much
more than subtle incremental changes over long periods of time, with the fear of
ostracising mass support. This has resulted in consumer-based reforms, where
plane travellers can pay a ‘carbon tax’ to offset their emissions and focus on
net-zero emissions and so rather than focusing on reducing emissions, companies
‘offset’ their emissions by planting a tree. Regardless of the good intent
driving these actions, it takes away from meaningful reforms that aim to reduce
and stop carbon emissions drastically.
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Kgomotso Molelu
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3.Another contributing factor has to do with scientific assessments revealing
that pledges made by governments at the 2015 COP in Paris haven’t been met;
almost all governments still fall short of the official goal to limit global
warming to a global yemperature increase of less than 2°C. The international
non-profit organization, Climate Action Tracker (CAT), analyses government
action and measures it against the Paris Agreement, revealing that only one
country around the world in Africa has fulfilled its commitments, The Gambia. As
it stands, CAT estimates that policies put in place during the Paris Agreement
could shave 0.7 °C off the predicted average temperature increase, resulting in
estimated warming of 2.9 °C by 2100.
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Kgomotso Molelu
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4.Renewed government commitments would strip off another 0.5 °C, which is still
above the ideal 1.5 °C, but an improvement on what scientists were predicting a
year ago. There is no longer any doubt that climate change presents a critical
and urgent threat to humanity. This is so because it will have devastating
consequences for our economies and societies if we do not take action now. Bold
action must start with accelerated decarbonisation of our energy systems.
This involves harnessing new technologies to reduce our dependence on
high-emission fossil fuels, including unabated coal power. It requires that we
move to more sustainable and cost-effective energy sources. While the energy
transition is necessary for reducing global carbon emissions, this transition
must also be fair and just.
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Kgomotso Molelu
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5.For many developing economies this requires massive investment in alternative
energy sources and other infrastructure. It requires substantial support for
workers and communities throughout the coal value chain who stand to lose their
jobs as well as their livelihoods. A just transition requires finance and
support from wealthier nations to enable low- and medium-income countries to
protect employment and to promote development.
South Africa, has committed to ambitious emission reduction targets. Achieving
these targets will require the transformation of the energy system at an
unprecedented speed and scale. This will include the decommissioning, the
repowering and the repurposing of coal-fired power stations and the roll-out of
renewable energy.
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Kgomotso Molelu
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6.But the ability to do so will be determined by the extent of support that is
received from developed economies. The Political Declaration that the South
African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced is a landmark financing partnership
with the governments of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United
States, as well as the European Union, represents an important breakthrough in
this effort. Through this partnership, an initial amount of $8.5 billion will be
mobilised over the next three to five years to support South Africa’s just
transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient future. This will enable South
Africa to implement the ambitious goals and to develop a model for a just
transition that is hoped can be used elsewhere.
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Kgomotso Molelu
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7.This highly concessional financing partnership reaffirms the commitment of the
global community to collaborate together to reduce GHG emissions, accelerate
investment in renewable energy in a manner that creates new jobs opportunities
and advances the sustainable growth of developing countries. A significant
emphasis of the Paris Agreement relates to the provision and direction of
financial flows to be aligned with pathways towards lower greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions and climate resilient development. This means that all financial
actors, including financial institutions, corporates and governments, must align
their decision-making frameworks, practices, and investments towards managing
and adapting to climate change risks.
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Kgomotso Molelu
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8.Opportunities that lie ahead for the country from the conference and the
renewable energy transition include:
• In the short term, the country may be able to access much-needed climate
financing to drive low carbon projects;
• In the medium term, investment in renewable energy sources can provide a
necessary boost to the economy via infrastructure spending;
• In the longer term, the country can be able to fast-track the decommissioning
of existing coal power stations; and
• Through this process, the country can potentially have a diversified energy
mix that is more reliable and cost effective.
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Kgomotso Molelu
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9.Yet, there are numerous risks, including:
• Failure to curb GHG emission may result in carbon taxes imposed on locally
produced exports;
• It will become increasingly challenging to fund carbon intensive projects from
financial markets; and
• The displacement of jobs in the coal sector and its associated value chain,
and the potential loss of economic activity in coal mining communities present
significant socio-economic challenges as the transition to clean energy ramps
up.
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Kgomotso Molelu
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10.Policy makers face numerous trade-offs, as always. The outcomes of COP26 will
drive the pace of climate policy actions across the world for the coming decade
and beyond. The transition to renewable sources of energy is a certainty, with
the responsibility now bestowed on national governments. Developing economies
must introduce adaption and mitigation plans to ensure that the transition is
just and equitable and aligns with the developmental objectives of their
respective countries. This balance will not be easy to achieve. Many of South
Africa’s labour-intensive sectors are also carbon heavy. The transition could
mean large-scale job losses and, with this, increasing pressure on the fiscus to
roll out more support, such as a basic income grant.
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Kgomotso Molelu
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11.For investors there is the potential for diversification, as governments and
parastatals become more reliant on alternative instruments, such as green and
sustainability bonds. Even here there are trade-offs, as the domestic savings
pool, while deep, has not grown dramatically in the last decade. This means that
for large-scale green investment, some other asset classes may have to forego
funds. Alternatively, a credible climate change strategy with attractive yields
could entice foreign savings into the greening of the economies. We are entering
a brave new world bound together by our common destiny as humanity. COP 26’s
efforts to address the effects of climate change on people and the economy in a
manner which leaves no one behind, received a firm nod. We owe this to
ourselves, to one another and to conserve an ecological balance of the naturing
wellbeing green Earth.
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Masiasi Ronald Mushikoma
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World’s Largest CO₂ sucking Plant is now operational in Iceland
The plant has the capacity to suck 4,000 tonnes of Carbon dioxide annually & and
turn it into stone underground
More of these are needed in all urban centers
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Balaji Subramanian
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Lifestyle Change - a major component to prevent climate change unfortunately is
missing here. This is due to the reason that the change is majorly being related
solely to atmospheric pollution while disregarding the soil and water resources.
Overproduction of garments for example, demands excessive cultivation of crops
which in turn leads to nutrient deficiency in the soil without natural
restoration. Economic victory desires larger export than import, which damages
the ecosystem in this manner - you are taking more than you can give in both
quantity and quality. This will lead to nutrient-less soil in the future which
then wouldn't depend on atmospheric changes to cause issues for agriculturalists
world over. Humans must gauge where the importance lies: Better Climate + Health
or Unsustainable Economy ? Electricity and Renewables will only cause reduction
in emissions from the energy sector. The rest is practically the human
lifestyle.
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Martin Nix
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I am amazed at how you have come around on energy issues, it was very obvious
what we needed to do when I worked on the National Energy Computer Model Project
for Jimmy Carter, during the 1970 Arab Oil Embargo. This is a engineering and
manufacturing issue. What bugs me is the repression of energy technology, where
people make their own energy. There are numerous, patented devices, not in mass
production. Not even the Chinese make. Many actually old. If we can get these
into mass production, you know box able devices that can be sold on Amazon or
traded with people in 3rd world nations. My complaint is very loud. There is a
deliberate attempt to keep these devices out of mass production by the fossils.
Since Jimmy Carter, I have witness large scale wind turbines, evacuated hot
water solar systems, photovoltaics, and numerous devices now common place. We
need to get the capital off to the innovators who have these devices.
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Ayatullah Hazzan
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Thank you for the e-book Sir...
We hope to behold much action toward reducing global warming
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FRANK MCENROE
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"The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what
to see" -
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Shahinaz El Ramly
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Thank you sir for the free pdf.
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daljit cheema
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8 days ago
We humans created this crisis and we look to the same humans to use their
ingenuity to design innovative solutions to reduce our emissions and effect
change. The international cooperation here is vital for this collaboration
however we all have to make changes around behaviours and consumption. Keep up
the good work Bill!
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Thato Tenene
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9 days ago
This so motivate you have a good heart.... You Al'so polite inghouth.... This so
powerful sir
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Peter Lynch
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The timeline is NOT 30 years - more like 5 to 10 max to avoid serious damage to
our way of living. Everyone posting is in one way or another focused on how hard
it is. Two KEY points..
1. It is NOT hard it's just that we do NOT try, really try. As in WW 2
2. Stop saying that it costs this or that - it is an investment NOT a cost and
the sooner we start the greater will be the return, the later we start the cost
of damages will accelerate and we will make far less. if we wait too long we
make nothing. Pretty straightforward to me.
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ashok choudhury
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...hmmm. sure. it's an investment. a wise investment indeed. with ROI coming
back in the shape of a healthy and prosperous economy along with promises of
good life and future of humanity and the planet. but the world has to
understand, realize the urgency and promptly start investing the right way. lest
only a few concerned and proactive citizen-leaders of humanity with all their
philanthropic attitude and commitments may continue to feel the burden of the
cost while trying to reach the desirable solutions as quickly as possible,
though they are doing this in the larger interests of humanity only. the world
must come forward fast with all possible resources in the world to save the
planet and help build a new future for the world itself!
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Biyi Akinpelu 🐝
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In order to stop greenhouse emissions, we need to stop production in all five
sectors contributing to the emissions in the first place, i.e. manufacturing (31
percent), electricity (27 percent), agriculture (19 percent), transportation (16
percent), and buildings (7 percent), and that is a tall order, you will have to
make all those industries responsible for the emissions to stop their activities
altogether. Today's world is, unfortunately, dependent on their productions
causing these emissions. Take electricity, for instance, the over 90 percent of
the world's population depends on electricity and take manufacturing as well,
almost 1-in-3 people have a mobile phone in their pockets, the rate at which
these devices are being produced yearly plays a role in the entire scheme of
things. I just think all these talks are another way of generating money for the
rich whilst the poor have to suffer the consequences.
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Edward HC Graydon
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I gave you a thumbs up and will add I too concur!
Edward HC Graydon said...
I wrote this in response to George Soros article on China!
EDWARD H.C GRAYDON
Nov 4, 2021
Personally, Given my connections to China and the conversations I have had it is
my opinion Trump was seen as the best possible option by the greater Chinese
populous in regards personal freedoms. Trump was seen by the Chinese people as a
liberator and it seemed as though at least by the Chinese citizen that Trump was
doing it out of altruism for personal freedom.
Trump argued in front of the world and quite adamently that China needed to
level the playing field in as far as manufacturing ! And that manufacturing of
all goods should return to the United States soil. It was a pretty good sales
job to argue to the masses of voters in the United States at that time. as China
was before that not really on the radar in such a pronounced way ...
But Trump’s sales job perpetuated the idea of consumerism, only while doing so
would have contributed to the destruction of the natural world only on United
States soil. China is in a horrible position regarding the natural world ! It is
very difficult on the environmental side of things to spend a great deal of time
in China due to the side effects of the worlds weakness regarding Materialism .
If Trump was successful of having the world accept this as the new reality it
would have only transferred the environmental nightmare back onto US soil.
The world underestimated China while greedily trying to take advantage of them
financial regardless of the effects on the planet .And this has been going on
for decades.
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Maria Castelli
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9 days ago
Very good ideas, but Y think that for non developed countries can support the
change in theirs economies,is necesary to complement it with AMLO PROPOSAL at
ONU
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OCEANOGENIC POWER
Member for 1 month
9 days ago
Why is it that after a person becomes a millionaire they forget that they did it
by answering the question correctly: What came first, the chicken or the egg?
They prefer to take care of Wall Street and their money before the planet where
they live by insisting that they leave last the solution that already exists in
Panama (OCEANOGENIC POWER:
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/baseload/oceanogenic-power-the-miracle-we-need-for-21st-century/#gref)
against warming and climate change, financing with that money, every candidate
between the more inept and thief, the worse of them.
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Biyi Akinpelu 🐝
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The world is rallying around impossible net-zero solutions when science
indicates that carbon emissions are not the only contributing factor to global
warming, but the fact that the Sun's radius is expanding thus adding to the
global heat index which is a much bigger problem that mankind cannot solve.
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Lukáš Prajzler
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9 days ago
People flying private jets to the conference talking about zero emissions...
What a fun. :-D
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John Chinonso
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9 days ago
Farming as an Enterprise releases a lot of gas to the environment.This calls for
new ways and cheaper method of delivering affordable, available, and safer food
and raw materials for the ever growing population of the world.There is no
better time than now.Thanks Mr. Gate for supporting the initiative and
personally as a practising agriculturist,it is a pleasure to me over this
development.
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Han Ann
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Thanks for your efforts to next generations of the worldwide!👍
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Bekhedda Meslem
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9 days ago
The greed of politicians and the powerful is the first cause of climate change,
and that is why decisive decisions must be taken by global organizations that
have a relationship with the environment in dealing with these people.
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Bekhedda Meslem
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كما أمرنا سبحانه وتعالي أن نتعامل مع البيئة من منطلق أنها ملكية عامة يجب
المحافظة عليها من ثروات وموارد ومكونات ويدعونا إلي إدارتها إدارة رشيدة
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Bekhedda Meslem
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لقد حثت آيات القرآن الكريم المسلم علي الحفاظ علي البيئة وحمايتها وهو واجب ديني
أمرنا الله سبحانه وتعالي أن نحافظ علي الأرض وما بها من خيرات قال تعالي :{ كُلُوا
وَاشْرَبُوا مِن رِّزْقِ اللَّهِ وَلاَ تَعْثَوْا فِي الأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ} (سورة
البقرة :جزء من آية 60).
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fazal rahim khan
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9 days ago
With the changes of envirment we must to adopt that changes to provike for
safety of humanity all over world
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Han Ann
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9 days ago
I am your fan, I do so like the way of your speaking with passion.your positive
attitude is powerful to people all over the world.👍
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Judy Schneider
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9 days ago
I am a huge fan of How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. It is a work of art that
informs and elevates community discussion on climate action.
I have been wondering though, why the book and other Gates’ communications are
not more supportive of carbon pricing. While carbon pricing may not offer a
full solution for increasing high risk investment in R&D for clean energy
technology with high green premiums, I would have thought that a well-designed
system would be the most efficient way to support upscaling of newly developed
lower green premium technologies and would also be the most effective way to
secure emissions reductions of a given volume within a given timeframe.
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Muhammad Adamu A.
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9 days ago
African countries will be the most affected because the rate at which falling of
trees for domestic use is going, the effect of climate change will destroy most
families before real action is taken. Thanks for your concern!
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Jordon Hope
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9 days ago
Mr. Gates,
Thank you for your commitment to using your intellect, position and resources to
understand the whole challenge and direct us towards a self-sustaining (i.e.
economically viable) solution that has a chance of working. The fact there are
so many private dollars now figuring out how to act is significant.
The way I see it, energy is the gateway we must open. With not-very-exotic
present-day technologies, CO2 can be removed from the ocean and atmosphere, all
it takes is electricity. Carbon-neutral jet fuel can be synthesized out of
captured carbon (from ocean and air), all it takes is electricity. Steel can be
made with electric arc furnaces. Concrete can probably be made using the right
molten salts and electricity. Water can be desalinated, pumped inland, used in
aquaponics... all it takes is electricity. And SMRs are scalable enough to
accomplish all of these tasks while producing a thousand times less waste than
solar PV and
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Jordon Hope
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... and... without clearing millions of acres of wilderness.
As a society, we are putting $50 billion into ITER with no guarantee that it
will ever exceed unity, and even then not likely to be scalable. If we were even
half as serious about SMRs (proven concepts and highly scalable), with $25
billion we'd perhaps have solved the most pressing issues by now.
But the biggest barrier isn't money... it's ignorance. At the very least we need
smart people who understand the Grand Challenge to finally vanquish both the
anti-nuclear camp AND the wind-and-solar-now camp with facts, not dogma.
Glass half-full, I remain.
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Liangfang Zhao
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9 days ago
I'm curious to learn more on the topic regarding financial service industry and
carbon footprint - I typically don't associate them as a pressing industry with
heavy carbon footprint. Am I too naïve and missed some basics on how this
industry works?
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Phillip Thompson
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9 days ago
Mr. Gates, I was hoping to see the words "nuclear power" in your note. I see
that Rolls Royce will soon be building small reactors. Nuclear power has to be
part of the solution to decarbonize the energy sector. We have to stop building
coal/gas plants and start decommissioning them ASAP!
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Liya Tsao
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9 days ago
I prefer tonatural energy, like solar energy and wind power. At present, the
biggest challenge for using natural energy is storage and conversion
problems.,ie, how to convert and store natural energy the most efficiently and
abundantly. If people can solve these problems , we can use natural energy
freely and cleanly and infinitely. Nuclear energy still has immense hidden
dangers. If it is out of people's control, the consequences are horrble and
destructive. Think about Japanese nuclear plants and tons of contaminated
nuclear waste water that has been discharged into the sea and then you will
understand what the dangers are.
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Cate Ono
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9 days ago
Citizens should research nuclear energy to better understand it. In the US we
have 86 nuclear energy plants in operation. DOE approved the construction of a
sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) that uses liquid metal sodium as a coolant
instead of water (pressurized water reactors or boiling water reactors)
typically used in nuclear power plants in the US.
DOE Office of Nuclear Energy has been developing an accident tolerant fuel
assemble for the water-cooled reactors for years. They were installed in the
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in 2019.
Nuclear power is in our future. We need to understand the new generation SFR.
I just ordered Bill Gate’s book to gain a better understanding of his overall
energy and climate perspective.
I am also researching work by opponents of nuclear energy by physicists like
Edwin Lyman and M. V. Ramana to better understand the issues surrounding nuclear
energy.
Nuclear energy is not without concerns. I believe we need to educate ourselves
on both sides of the issue. Only through education and understanding can we form
and articulate our concerns, then work to address them with the government and
owners of the reactors.
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Han Ann
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9 days ago
Nuclear energy is key for emergency. For example,this year,a lot of cities lack
of electricity,except for few cities with nuclear power. The factory work going
well in few cities with enough electricity.
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Liya Tsao
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9 days ago
When I was a child, I was told money couldn't buy all things, especially
happiness and love. And money can't buy everything. But when I grew older, I
knew now that money means everything including happiness and love, especially
health and time.The poor people' s time cost nothing, the rich ones can buy
their time and even lives. I am an pessimistic. And I never and ever believe
that there is something like fairness in the world. Sorry, Sir! But I still very
respect you for what you have done to want to make the world better, even though
as people often say, you can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep.
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Safaa Ibrahim
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9 days ago
Helping poor countries to transfer their industries and activities toward zero
emissions must be true support and payments not only promises !! to make them
able to accept those changes
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Jay Hasanian
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The Global warming issue has reached the level of mass hysteria, stoked by
people with little or no knowledge of science behind it. How many people know
that weather depends on 1. Orbital eccentricity. Position of the earth at the
ellipsoidal orbit around the sun, with perihelion and aphelion, 2. Obliquity or
Axial tilt of 23.4 degrees. 3. Precession of equinoxes. 4. Albedo etc. All
resulting in Milankovitch cycles over millions of years. We are rightfully
alarmed by the current CO2 levels of > 400 PP/M, however during the Ordovician
period, 500 million years ago, the CO2 level has been estimated between 5,000
PP/ M and 9,000 PP/ M.There have been numerous cycles of widespread glaciation
and global warming resulting in melting of both polar caps. There is no
existential threat to the planet or humanity.
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Kevin Garrity
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Jay,
Sure, you're correct that the planet has undergone major swings in climate.
The problem with your view is that no one has ever documented anything like the
speed of change that we have inflicted upon the planet since the beginning of
the industrial age.
If the CO2 gets to 5,000 we'll be back to Adam and Eve, if we're lucky.
We might well have to start over again from fish.
Sure, us "treehuggers" talk about saving the planet.....but the more pressing
issue is saving the human race
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Edward HC Graydon
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Sure, us “treehuggers” {tree huggers} talk about saving the planet.....but the
more pressing issue is saving the human race
The same species of animal that destroyed the planet originally due largely from
lack of control and insight? The same species that in fact offers little
advantages for the planet and is so pathetically weak minded and lacking in
control . The same species that found it necessary to produce the nuclear bomb
has a defence mechanism that even went so far as to actually use one. The same
species that destroyed the oceans and worlds soil and farm lands by way of
materialistic waste? Maybe less people on the planet is the answer not the
solution ! But more pressing is who? Why save the cause of the problem ?
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Jay Hasanian
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Of course no one documented such phenomenon before the industrial revolution. No
one had the concept and knowledge of the climate science. Now trying to sort the
climate millions of years ago can only be done by studying the sedimentary rocks
( i.e. Strontium isotopes in fossils ). A million year is a very short time to
separate differnt layers. A few thousand years can not be discerned.
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William Hand
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The elephant in the room is human overpopulation. Part of the sustainability of
natural world is keeping living populations in balance with environmental
resources. Since the industrial revolution, the human species has created a
“false environment “ favoring uncontrolled species growth.
I’m not preaching anything new here. Non linear human population growth has been
reviewed and discussed for much of the 20th century.
Any appropriate technology advancement must include an equal advancement in
population control mechanisms including appropriate education and breeding
intervention.
The world’s religions must also provide a united monologue that addresses the
need for enlightened thinking concerning the role of human responsibility for
the natural world.
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Edward HC Graydon
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I am not preaching but agreeing when I say, I concur in principal with you.
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Kevin Garrity
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I absolutely agree regarding overpopulation, as Mr. Gates has previously noted,
the birth rate drops dramatically as countries come out of poverty.
I'd be afraid of alienating whole religions by preaching abortion or 2 child
policy, or breeding intervention as you called it.
I think it can be done by lifting poor countries out of poverty.
Parents shouldn't feel the need to have 8 or 10 children so that 1 or 2 will
live long enough to support them in old age.
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Moises Molina
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Please We need to do something as soon as possible, our planet is diying, We
don't have more time, and I am sure that your diffution is very important to
people take concience. Please Money is nothing for a dead earth!!! We must
change our habits... Please look around Our mother nature is diying, our oceans,
woods, rivers everything becoause of us!!! There is no more time is now or
never!!!
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Jay Hasanian
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What makes you think that the planet will die. CO2 is essential for life. No
life, plant or animal is possible without CO2.
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James Van Camp
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Is always about balance between the carbon that has been immobilized or fixed in
substances such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and what is released to the
atmosphere. Think of it this way
Each gallon of gasoline your vehicle burns has the amount of carbon equal to
that in nearly 188,000 pounds of a green leafy vegetable such as spinach. You
must stop burning Paleolithic plants and start using photosynthesis to grow
green plants that will capture carbon dioxide and emit oxygen
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Livain Kenny
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Hi , super récapitulation et petite vidéo . If, I would have been in your place,
I would probably have done and say the same thing. Because some people can have
advantageous places or not and want to change the world. But, they are not the
only ones, which complicates or facilitates ambitions for certain objectives. (
With all that humanity can do, it's done that, nice job ) Good end of
conference.
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Livain Kenny
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A ajustement ( Hi , super récapitulation et petite vidéo .) = ( Hi , super
recapitulation and small video. )
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Daniel Guerra
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"La modernización solo se puede lograr a través de la investigación, no con
reglas y regulaciones, no con prescripciones y prohibiciones". Solo sobre una
base sólida e independiente de los competidores podemos desarrollar soluciones
innovadoras, incluso disruptivas, que sean esenciales para nuestro futuro
económico y el bienestar de la sociedad.
https://www.archiv.fraunhofer.de/Fraunhofer_magazine_2_2021/#0
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James Van Camp
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Dr Dan Murray, David Punchard, Mark Edwards and I are ready right now to grow
the business of Industrial Phycology and create modular carbon farms on the
hundreds of thousands of sites wherever there is an outfall of water. The
science and financials are sound and corporations with vision will embrace this.
The installation of a train of bioreactors (my profile picture) occupies the
footprint of a standard tennis court. These units can grow algae (think
micro-trees) that yields ca. 250 tonnes of biomass per year, sequestering nearly
twice that amount of carbon dioxide. ALL CARBON EMISSION EFFORTS ARE RECIPES FOR
DISASTER ABSENT MASSIVE DEPLOYMENT OF TECHNOLOGY THAT REMOVES CARBON DIOXIDE
FROM THE ATMOSPHERE
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Gary Stark
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A agree with Bill that nuclear energy needs to be used to combat climate change.
Here's what I believe we (the US) needs to do...
https://youtu.be/175RR-FdSb0
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Stephen Hample
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That makes sense to me. In 2005 I traveled in China and saw, from a train
window, mini nuclear power stations which I'd read about. I've not heard of any
problems with them. If China developed that system 20 years ago, the technology
should be available. Nuclear waste has always been a valid concern, but that
does not stop us from building nuclear powered submarines. My guess is that deep
unused mineshafts exist which could contain the waste. However, I'm just an
interested reader, not a scientist or engineer, and am just sharing thoughts.
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Michael McGee
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I have invented a method of mass solar desalination of water that uses 90% less
electricity. Nobody seems to be interested. The production of electricity is
essential yet it produces a lot of carbon as it is made.
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Abdul Nazar
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I have no car
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Henry Chan
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What we in the western rich countries have not committed to is to drastically
reduce our personal carbon print. Unless we are morally committed as a society
to combat the climate change crisis, none of the goals will be reached. The
leaders will be gone and then all the talks become just that - talks. We need
moral leadership and practical life style adjustments that the mass can accept
to combat this crisis.
I challenge each reader to do three things to contribute to help, in a small way
since we do not have Bill's resources. I shall start:
1. Keep my thermostat 2 degrees (F) lower this winter.
2. Extend my car by two years before renewal (sorry, no electric Tesla for me.)
3. Practice 3R - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle more rigorously.
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Steve Arey
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If I had the money, I would collaborate with SpaceX in placing satellites in
orbit that deploy huge panels that act as "shade" from the sun and place them
over the south Atlantic ocean to cool the water down and stop the hurricanes and
flooding. That would buy us more time to solve the energy crisis and benefit
agriculture.
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Mahdi Muttaqi
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Mr. Gates:
Serving the people is my religion.
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Dixie Bronwyn Rees Dixon
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I have read about the new innovations in small nuclear. Can we even get anywhere
near zero without nuclear? Is t it the cleanest and safest way to generate power
without huge amounts of waste in replacing wind blades and solar panels? Not to
mention 24/7 power that doesn’t depend on the weather and mega batteries? Why is
no one talking about clean, reliable nuclear power?
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guus blankenburgh
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Waterfactories :A MUST
This week of March 12, an article in a Dutch magazine stated that there is a
decline in the earth's surface that is many times greater than the sea level
rise
In Israel they have built water factories, which they use to irrigate their own
land as
well as neighboring countries.
I am sure that when we invest in the construction of water factories, we can
contribute to solving the climate problem
By building these factories on a large scale, we convert seawater into
freshwater:
- allowing vegetation in dry areas.
Vegetation creates a cycle in which precipitation is formed, which in turn
creates more vegetation. That vegetation in turn provides for the encapsulation
of CO2
- Allowing us to pump groundwater into the ground, thereby reducing soil
subsidence
- Which prevents salinization of the groundwater.
- Which fights hunger
The technology for making fresh water from salty water is well known.
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Eduardo Daniel Soria
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Ok pero no solo la desalinización es un tema . la contaminación por el uso de
agrotoxicos es un punto clave para el uso del agua subterranea.
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Carlos Rada Silva Silvadar Carlos
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Gratidão por estar ajudando o mundo se cada um fizer um pouco pena que no Brasil
nossos líderes não tem os mesmos pensamentos Tudo por um mundo melhor
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https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_facebook_s_role_in_brexit_and_the_threat_to_democracy?language=en&fbclid=IwAR1WuAK4qoVWGIoj0-N4_nIrPasak2xF-rpG1NHD4QsevLLYkaKZUG5YMTo
May not be directly relevant and yet it is. Education and positive "propaganda"
are key. The UK alone had 503 delegates at COP promoting fossil fuels. There are
online underground lobbying attacks taking place to undermine the climate change
message. You could help here....couldn't you. . .
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Chitranjan Sharma
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GatesNotes- The most interesting platform of knowledge on our planet earth. The
world salutes you, sir, for your milestones. You are the role model of billions
of people, safeguarding the livelihood of global people, and serving humanity at
large. I along with the new generations extend and share your valuable,
knowledgeable, and scientific views in our regular teachings at the graduate and
post-graduate levels. I always suggest young talents, to learn a lot from your
comprehensive notes. Sincerely- Chitranjan K. Sharma, Amity University, India.
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Robert Hargraves
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Part of the solution is electrifying as much energy use as possible.
ElectrifyingOurWorld.com is a free set of presentations from my course at
Dartmouth's Osher Institute.
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Cebo Bristo
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I learned about climate change since I was in primary school they used the
examples of industries who emit CO2 and the methane from cows and I thought the
example of cows was ridiculous until I reached higher grades. It not only cows
even humans produce CO2 which means we must have a deep look on the food we eat.
This idea of fighting climate change is a huge one and it have to be prior on
everyone's mind. I think this fight is giving us a chance as youth to think
about businesses which can partake on the new economy (zero carbon economy).
Youth Expos must be created where we can learn, discuss andcompete in this
problem. And governments must fund startups for businesses which will be
partaking in this problem we have, because we have thoughts but we can't
implement them due to lack of funds. Once again we are pleading for world
leaders to focus on inviting youth to participate in this global
catastrophe.🇿🇦
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Stephen Hample
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Re methane from cows: I recall talking years ago with a person who worked with
biological services and who also owned a small ranch. He mentioned that he had a
biological process to reduce such methane (perhaps even a patent) and years ago
tried to bring the process to market, but no one was interested. That suggests
to me that the economics of the dairy and beef industry need to be considered in
order to reduce the methane from cows. No doubt some agricultural economists and
scientists have studied this in the past. Perhaps the time has come to revisit
the topic.
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Ashok Srivastava
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10 days ago
A journey of 1000 miles has begun with 1, 2, 3 ... steps !
Congratulations.
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Thembinkosi Khubone
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Thank you very much,for taking your time in part taking in COP26 Mr Gates
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franck potereau
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10 days ago
Dear Mr Gates,
I fully agree with you on the "green Industrial Revolution". We definitely need
to work on new invention to lower our Carbon footprint. A good example is the
production of cement. Each year 4.6B Tons of cement is produce. It generate 5%
of the global Emission of CO2 in the world (the 2nd largest industrial
producer).
The major cement companies receive States subsidies to work on a lower impacting
concrete, why?
There a is solution invented by a French company 7 years ago
www.ciments-hoffmann.com. They produce the 1st cement without clinker in the
world. 6 times less CO2 to produce this green cement and they also used waste
co-product of Industry in their process (slag).
States and Philanthropist should support and invest in theses revolutionary
companies.
Regards.
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Khalil Ali
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10 days ago
Thank you for your great contribution to Saving Our Planet. I come from a
country called Guyana which is next to Brazil and shares the Amazon rainforest.
Unlike Brazil, Guyana still has almost all of its rainforests intact. Most of
the people of the country’s nine Indigenous tribes called Amerindians live
there. There is a Minister of Amerindian Affairs in the government which is led
by President Mohamed Irfan Ali who also spoke at the COP26 conference last week.
He is hopeful of more help to sustain Guyana’s rainforests and the Indigenous
Peoples. My contribution to this call as a writer, is through my novel titled
Daughter of the Great River about how an empowered Indigenous woman fought
against miners and others to protect the land and forests.
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ZAKAYO LUCAS
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10 days ago
Hello friends, Bill thanks for what we have get in your good conversation.
Big up my role model.
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Peter Stefaniw
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10 days ago
wow this is awesome stuff inspiring to see so much language surrounding
innovation I believe this is the key to sustainability and technologies that can
be shared to all nations that need it. Thanks very grateful and inspired by your
work Bill Gates Cheers Pete
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Thomas Brennan
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Hello people, Bill thanks for including us in the conversation. When envisioning
a sustainable future this would be in alignment with natural processes that take
place every day and night. These processes have been impacted by pollution
generated by human beings living on this earth. So how do we live in harmony
with the natural processes of this earth? Begins with eliminated cause of
pollution to the earth our oceans and our atmosphere. What steps can people take
to lower our footprint such as leave no trace. Start to hold corporate America
to clean up and repair damaged ecosystems they have plundered for natural
resources for profit. They have to be held accountable for the damage and
destruction they have caused in removal of our precious resources. By healing
the earth of damage from runoff into our streams and rivers, replanted trees and
grasses that hold the soil in place and allow creatures to return and rebuild
the soil.
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Richard Simpson
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A positive message.
it would be great to be able to easily share on social media.
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doris munyao
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10 days ago
Hallo, Mr Bill, I salute you for your unwavering effort and commitment to saving
our planet earth.
I am Doris from Kibwezi Kenya, Here in my town and village CLIMATE CHANGE IS
REAL Everyone from young to old , educated to uneducated, rich to poor, is
feeling it, experiencing it, and living it. From failed rains, prolonged
droughts, famine , extreme high temperatures, drying rivers, etc.
A m very happy for your and others commitment to NET ZERO WORLD INITIATIVE very
true through technology and innovations we can (as a world - together as one ,
leaving no one behind ) realize zero carbon world.
Here in kibwezi - kenya we experience 12 hours of hot sunlight through out the
year, and with the right technological energy innovations we can convert this
sunlight energy to clean energy we can use for our industries, domestic energy.
Currently people are using firewood, charcoal, paraffin as their main source of
fuel. thank u BILL
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Nina Mindova
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Very good to do climate meetings and new inventions.
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sessi akojenu
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10 days ago
Bill Gates, thanks for donating more than half a billion in dollars to advance
climate-smart innovations for smallholder farmers in sub-saharan Africa and
south Asia. God bless you and your family. Sessi Akojenu.
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Lahcene Ouled Moussa
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10 days ago
Dear Bill:
Iam so happy to read you thanks for Agree I just would to know about this new
opportunity and hope that you will be able to help in any way I can access to
review and correct me if I am wrong iAppreciate much your thread ifind it
excellent advanced iwish you a big success and progress in your business
Best wishes
Lahcene
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Nina Mindova
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Very good.I will write poems and draw paintings and maybe animation series
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You are right maybe you can check too web tasarım şirketleri Bosphorus Design.
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Nakiwsla Barbra
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Hello, Mr. Bill, I love reading articles on GateNotes I'm Nakiwala Barbra From
Africa Uganda. Though I haven't moved to any country in the world I can witness
climate change in my country for the years I have been in it. We are kind of
lucky that as Ugandans we were blessed with this beautiful country but still,
environmental degradation has been the order of the day in our country. We have
seen seasons changing, we have seen green places turning dry, we have seen
natural and beautiful forests being cut by the so-called investors. The pearl of
Africa will now be taught in books that this was " the pearl of Africa" my great
fear is on humans and the wild animals. How are they going to survive in such
circumstances? So the world needs people like you, Mr. Bill, to come and
educate, give solutions and discover innovations to make the world a better
place for everyone. Thank you so much, Mr. Bill.
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roberto salimbeni
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10 days ago
I fear that in all these beautiful initiatives that Bill talks about, many hot
air sellers will slip in and that the real innovations will remain at stake.
Those who manage these initiatives should look for patents because it is there
that you can find ready-to-use innovations. I say this because I have direct
knowledge of it.
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ABEY TAFES
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SIR ❗WHAT ABOUT WAR ALL OVER POOR COUNTRY 👈?
ABEY TAFES
FROM GERMANY
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Sanjay Kumar
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I started as a techno-marketing professional, managing businesses in the
chemicals and steel sectors from 1977-2007 In India, East Europe and N Africa.
Sometime in the 90s, as I moved into the General Manager's roles, I had a
revelation, viz. that there was no way that China and India, with their vast
populations, could match the West's standard of living without hurting the
environment.
Post-retirement, I pursued my Doctorate (awarded 2015 by Delhi University) and
started teaching Management Courses. As an industry professional, the role of
innovations - both product and process types - in solving the global crisis is
very clear. As an academic, the role of institutions in creating and
implementing the solutions is also very clear. However, as a global thinker,
what I find missing is the Global Institution that can provide the leadership
for the change management that's needed. We are stuck in 'nationism' (my
coinage) syndrome!
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Brandon Morad
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Mr. Bill Gates:
We admire you for what you have done, and what you are trying to do. You are a
great human being, worthy of being a savior. Please accept our heartful thanks
from me and my family and friends.
Sincerely,
Branden Morad, D.D.S
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Shiva Adhikari
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10 days ago
It's a greatly important message you are giving to the government and people in
the world about how we can manage climate so that global warming could be downed
by managing zero carbon emissions.
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Suleiman Abubakar Mashi
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Like your support. But we have much to do in my region Africa, people need to be
oriented , and I will start in my local areas ..
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Ned Ford
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I have been saddened to hear how many people think your endorsement of nuclear
power means that it is a viable option. Utility scale wind and solar are now
explicitly cheap enough that either plus storage is about half the cost of a new
nuclear power, as measured by the cost per KWh. Are you getting decent
information about the costs and opportunities presented by the extraordinary low
cost of new utility scale wind and solar? Is there a place in the Gates energy
program to examine energy efficiency? The U.S. spent $8 billion in 2020 on
utility efficiency programs that saved $30 billion and more. We could double
that in a matter of months, simply by raising the efficiency levels in 44 states
to the current levels in the best six states. But no one is paying attention to
what works.
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Jose Larz Sotto
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This is an opportunity to turn into a renewable energy and save the planet.
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Miss Murima
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10 days ago
At least there is change in the climate change talk. It shows we are going
somewhere slowly but surely
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Rudolph Boekholt
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10 days ago
I think that all governments should be taking this seriously as they helped
cause this issue. The time is long past for talking about it, it is time to take
action and clean things up.
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REMO Moses +256789344452
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I am so thankful to get informed about climate change. But I have the biggest
idea of Electronic Space Agriculture .
The problem statement.
If one day the Whole World is filled up with Over Population on the ground where
else will Agriculture take place so we need space Agricultural system that will
produce in large quantities to provide food for human life other than untrusted
laboratory food produced by synthetic biology.
Thanks
You can contact me for more information how to do it
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Shashanka Panigrahi
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10 days ago
It was really great goingthrough in detail we say let's open our umbrella before
u get wet int it? We as a common men watching world leaders in a table
discussing on it in many occasions since long but the climate detoriation is yet
to be seen significantly well many innovations r in place or being proposed it's
good but I am in the opinion that unless and until a common man living in this
Earth contributes to it in their daily life in this regard we just can't see no
carbon emision in 2050 All steps must be thaught in this regard I would suggest
To educate students from their preliminary education till higher academics
climate issues must be in their curriculum and let everyone contribute to it not
simply the world leaders Think tanks innovators and scientists
I will be glad to receive a feedback on it and I will be doing my part as a
scout The situation is grim and now started to be seen and felt by everyone What
will be lef
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Joseph Piskac
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We need mobilization of huge scale desalination and aqueducts for recharging out
reservoirs including Lake Mead Nevada. Vast numbers of people are today
consuming chlorinated sewage and we need emergency action that restores water
volume and water quantity. Desalination can easily be solar powered.
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Is the US Government still paying for non-productive farm land? If so, could we
put those acres to work and have the Government purchase and distribute the
crops to the nations in need, to offset some of the problems of global warming?
Perhaps a bit old-school solution, but it might help while we wait for the
innovative new methods of farming to be established overseas.
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Narayan B. Basnet
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Priority should be given to protect the Surface of Earth. Actions needed from
all sides.
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Joseph Piskac
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Stop forcing people to have babies!
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Eze Elvis
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The atmosphere is layed according to the vapours thereof. In order words; to
attain cop26@2050 , cov19 must be observed in various climate change as regards
it's compatibility to the world @large. Climate is season in time. It's change
is as a result of the vapor that go into thin!
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Owen Wiltshire
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10 days ago
I'd add that we must look to see how our system has created such disparity - and
to see why pooling money at the top didn't work out. How can we get money to the
people so that industries can change/shift/redesign. Legislation is the way for
countries to achieve those goals... I wanted to share a powerful story coming
out of British Columbia, Canada.
https://www.vigilancemagazine.com/post/what-is-the-real-story-at-fairy-creek
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Cary Peterman
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The industrial chimneys we often see belching out the very gases that we need to
stop I ask can some sort of filter not be put on these chimneys to capture these
gases and prevent them from ever entering the atmosphere surely with our tech we
can create such device's thus the coal and gas industry would not be effected I
mean all we want to do is prevente such pollutants from causing the harm I saw
in Denmark how they burn waste and indeed filter the smoke to get to a neutral
emission can we not do the same for all emissions
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FRANK Drews
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I have an idea for reducing carbon emissions while increasing grid energy
output.
I also have an idea that should allow me to create an Electric Vehicle that is
100% self recharging without being the need to be plugged in.
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George Agortsas
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Mr. Gates, thank you for your advocacy oaths important issue. Your focus on this
and many other important topics to humanity are encouraging, inspiring and
worthy of our attention. I appreciate your lending your voice, intellect and
fortune to this and other causes.
I have two question for you and for those who attend COP26: how much carbon
emissions were generated by your trip and how are you planning to offset those
emissions?
For everyone else reading this, what are you doing to offset your emissions and
reduce your carbon footprint. I feel that in our consumer driven economy, the
consumer has all the power. Here's what we've done: solar power for our home, my
wife and I drive electric vehicles, we are converting our HVAC to a Heat
Pump-based system, we charge our vehicles and use appliances after peak hours,
we offset our travel with carbon offsets, we recycle, we write to our
representatives to let them know...
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Chau Lakhumang Choutang
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Many people like your honor is working day and night to save the planet Earth by
taking and talking care, support and love about our Environment but many more
are working to Detroit it by their greeds for development and progress. Hope
everyone just think and work on sustainable development Goals only. This will
keep us going and save the planet Earth too.
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Stephane Russell
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10 days ago
I would say that a strong coverage should be given ASAP on all worthy
breakthrough technologies made and implemented. The more people believe in the
project. the more will be brought to the table, Once they said "A small step for
man". That would have meant little for an earthly step on a training ground. I
once saw a big white tank behind a pretty green living swamp in an industrial
quarter. I dreamed that the tank was made in respectful way to the swamp it was
siding with, harmless to it, respectfully clean and symbiotic as possible. We
walked on the Moon, we can do that too.
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Dusko Djuric
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Dear Sir Gates,
I agree with everything you said in Glasgow, I followed you and these other
speakers. I think there is a lot more that would be useful to you in further
personal and team work and it is not mentioned. If you are in the mood or want
to, you need to hear briefly what it is about, you can contact me, by email and
/ or by phone. It will be to our mutual satisfaction.
All the best and I expect an answer at the very least.
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Selamawit Tesfaye
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10 days ago
As long as US follows its political ideology and like to impose this on the poor
and the third world, there will be no way to change and help the poor countries
in your fight for climate change. Your ideas are brilliant but look at how US is
sanctioning the poor countries all around the world simply because these
countries choose to follow their own ideology and choose their fight. It comes
down to politics everything and how can you fight the climate change especially
in poor counties if your mission is based on political views? Look around the
world especially in African countries and see people are struggling to survive
let alone think about fighting for climate change.
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Sahele Gebreyohannes
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10 days ago
I appreciate your optimistic view with reliable judgements on the shifts made on
the thinking as well as the practical actions on implementation and innovations.
The discussions and decisions made on reduction of coal and the dissemination of
renewable energy technologies will enhance the emission reduction all over the
world. It is important to focus on poverty reduction included in the system
thinking that will bring a major impact and leads to carbon zero in 2050.
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Amina Qazi
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10 days ago
I think one major problem with fighting climate change is that a lot of every
day folk just don't care. They are just interested in likes and followers on
social media, partying, holidaying, using as much energy as they can to have a
great life, carelessly using and throwing away all the plastic and other rubbish
they can, without any thought for wildlife or other people who may be affected
by climate change more than them.
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Lorena Córdova
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10 days ago
I agree with you, is imperative and urgently too, to change to a Green Economy,
as you mentioned the most affected countries were the first and developed, but
the poor countries are more affected. Some countries began to work China, Korea,
and England. And I expected as an ecuadorian the most able people could change
and help to our countries in Latin America. Excellent you decission to help in
asociaton with the most smart and intelligent people in order to help through
funds to begin to work to a green Economy. Is a big challenge.
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Muhammad Sajid
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Your services in saving the world from climate change are commendable.Thank you
so much sir!!!
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Sopheak Seng
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10 days ago
I really keen on this newsletter based on where it says to improve the poorest
countries people adaptation. But my concerns is still considering that to be
sure the those benefits reach the people first or not because mostly I have been
seeing example all the money so far which gave to some countries to improve or
conserve the environment but certainly the money gone and the environment still
devastated as well. And people who relied on that are received nothing and more
poverty growth faster.
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Vishal Kumar
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It will take harkworking for the generation to provide these tasks.proper
government planning and implementation with full support leads to success.
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Michael Scott
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10 days ago
I was wrong about the current World Population which is almost now 8 billion
people "https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/" . MLS
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Oleksii Averianov
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10 days ago
Vietnam sat in lockdown for six months. Couldn't this time have been used to
teach people how to clean up after themselves? Wasn't it possible to make videos
where famous actors cleaned up after themselves and that guy? And that this is
not a shame, but useful and important for the present and the future. No! They
were released - and they started to shiiit as before. Why? The people on TV saw
only a terrible and terrible virus. And the joy of being vaccinated against him.
From this I conclude: you don't give a damn about the environment. You are just
doing business. On vaccines, and on the environment ecology as well.
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Akramul Hosen
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I love your writing
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Steve Slater
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10 days ago
Almost everybody’s talking about global warming as an engineering problem, I
think there’s a lot of human psychology involved. We have major religions that
have been predicting the end of the world, actually promising “fire next time“.
I think a lot of people underestimate how the subconscious of many people is
leading them to an acceptance that’s similar to their acceptance of a loved
one’s death, that there will be a heavenly upside, a new kingdom. Education and
the support of those spiritual leaders who have more enlightened, less literal
interpretation of ancient texts, is as important as any technology at this time.
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John Galloway
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The work cited is good, but woefully inadequate. China and Russia did not even
attend COP26. The Washington Post found that of 196 reporting countries
emissions were underreported by from 8 to 13 billion tons in total (basically
equal to between another China and another China and the US). I'd be delighted
to be able to see the glass as half full but alas I think we are down to the
dregs. I think we must proceed on the assumption that governments will not help.
Slow actions by governments could have worked if started 30 years ago, but it's
too late for that now.
We have let this go for so long that now only multiple technical miracles will
save us. We will need to find renewable energy that is so much less expensive
than coal that China will want to rapidly convert (and China already has the
largest wind and solar generation on the planets as well as being a huge coal
burner). That will require both very inexpensive and efficient solar and wind
and much more efficient and inexpensive storage (batteries or something else).
Such things are being worked on, but their arrival in time seems doubtful. Still
there is no point in giving up, we might still make it but these programs have
to be 10 if not 50 times bigger. John Doer's new book Speed and Scale (on just
this topic) will be interesting (out in a few days I think).
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Parag Oza
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Heads off to your involvement / commitments for humanities.
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Doug Miller
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10 days ago
I would very much like for you to respond to the 2050 time table. That seems too
late. I am hearing if we do not make drastic changes by 2030 that we may be too
late. Please comment on this.
Thanik you
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sathya sampathkumar
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For most of things we do, growth is always the main metric. Whether it is GDP or
Industrial output or stock market, growth is the main driver. If we replace
growth with quality of happy life and sustainability., most problem in current
world will be solved. Whether it is mental stress of general population, climate
change crisis or racial/Communal stress... We need new thinking in Economics.
The old economics of Market capitalism is not ideal for lots of current crisis
we are facing. You could quote Gosling and Pinker, But you should also take a
serious look at Vaclav smil, Yuval Harari and Anand Giridharadas way of
thinking. Think about most people in the middle of gaussian curve.
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Nancy Woodward
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10 days ago
I agree, Sathya. To quote ol' Cactus Ed Abbey, "unlimited growth for the sake of
growth is the ideology of the cancer cell."
We need to figure out how to reach a sustainable world population, with
reasonable equality in quality of life, then maintain it. Zero population growth
is a start, but it is just a start.
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Juda Yard
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10 days ago
thank you
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Chris Maundu
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10 days ago
Very impressive speech and content there! We need measurable implementation plan
or check outs and for sure we will be there come 2050. Keep up Bill.
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John Thee
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10 days ago
hydrogen from electrolysis is you storage solution and av fuel source
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Michael Scott
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6.5 to 7 billion people on the planet, so somebody will be using a bit of
energy. Also a major volcano eruption can add to pollution. Alas some places in
the North do not get much sun for solar power or wind for wind power. In Norway
they use a lot of Hydro Power. Also a lot of people do not live in Urban
environments, so they have to move around a bit to meet their needs. MLS
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Cretu Daniel
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10 days ago
Heloo thanks for the vaccine, for the pollution problem for windows for all MR.
GATES you are a genius and I would like you to visit Romania, a country that
loves you enormously!
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Nijodias Felix
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10 days ago
Good morning / night to all the people , who are sharing their comment on the
following discussion.
Thank you MR. GATES for your personal point on view for the changing of the
climate.
Everyone are right here, innovation , technology , agriculture and so one . It
will always be for group of country, people, and the majority will turn against
some project in certain country and people... However people in this world are
the climate and form the nightmare of this climate in certain point in the
world. Our World's climate can not be change whithout the change of the
mentality of this young World. Here is the really true change we must going
through .
Statistically change can occur but for the grand nation whom already far with
the technology. Let us bring the future in their brain.
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Han Ann
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10 days ago
I see the hope of our planet 🌎! Thanks for your giving our hope!❤️
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Han Ann
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10 days ago
Hey Bill,thanks for your sharing three shifts posting on climate conversation.
It’s a wisdom ideas. You’re all teacher,we follow you . Thanks for your all
efforts!
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Edmundo Serena
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I pray God for wisdom and sobriety be given to all the world; wishing to save
our planet for generations to come. Amen
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Byron Bradley Byrd Carrier
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10 days ago
I am willing to give Gates a break from all the bad press he gets, but this push
for Green Hydrogen, Carbon Capture, and new designer seeds reeks of a scam.
These could divert attention and money from what they admit works (such as solar
and wind), but then disparage them as taking up too much land, etc. while
ignoring the criticisms of all of those expensive long-shots that recentralize
what was becoming decentralized.
Should we ignore where sunlight does fall, where the shade helps cool, where the
wind and currents go unutilized?
I'm glad he's encouraged by COP26. I want to be as well. But when I hear that
the fossil fuel lobbyists outnumbered any other country's delegation, I start to
join those who distrust large organizations as potentially there just to keep or
increase making money. I'll still sign on to the newsletter, but my hackles are
up, wary of yet another green excuse to shunt big money into ways to make even
more.
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Doug Miller
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I understand that the Orca carbon capture plant can take care of 3 seconds of
the carbon emitted on earth in one year. That should be helpful or maybe not
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Alexander Kurz
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10 days ago
What is missing is a discussion of how we are going to transition to a
sustainable economy. Energy innovation, the private sector and adaptation all
need to be part of the solution. But the broader question of how a growing
humanity can live in harmony with nature and stay inside planetary boundaries
has not been addressed.
Growth is not sustainable because sustained growth is exponential growth. How
can we transform our economy in such a way that it is not growth based anymore?
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Jo Miles
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10 days ago
Overpopulation is the root of every problem cited, yet not one word was spoken
about it, or ever is.
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John Thee
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10 days ago
why? it is so true
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Edmundo Serena
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10 days ago
This is so real and so devastating, it is Needless to say; it is a delicate
topic to discuss between conservatives and wealthy people. Because they only
want to look good and be liked by all the people.
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Kazuyo Takahashi
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10 days ago
I consider that nothing is more valuable than conservation！🪵IT agronomist was
chopping at a tree ⊰
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Danielle U
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10 days ago
This is so encouraging. I wish all world leaders were as proactive and committed
to addressing climate change as you are.
This crisis is forcing us to work together globally more than we have at any
other time in history, even through pandemics, however we need to act much
faster. We can do anything we set our minds to so it isn’t a matter of
capability but of collective will. The momentum is building which is wonderful.
We also need to redefine our role as managers of the planet, not just for the
good of all humans but for all species and that is a big adjustment from our
in-built fear of nature from long ago. Instead of being ego-centric in our
motivations to fix climate change, we need to feel a deep sense of compassion
and responsibility for all species that have and will suffer if we allow the
temperatures to continue to rise. As for there being any poverty in a world with
enough food to feed everyone: unacceptable!
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Patricia Jedrick
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10 days ago
Thank you Mr. Gates ... I was so happy to find this information and see Our
planet being taken care of by leaders . I remember when there was NO PLASTIC. My
Dad came home ( this was shortly after WW2) and showed my mother a white spoon
and told us this was called Plastic. Now is time to stop PLASTIC .. It has taken
over our world . I am buying Cans of soda now and see millions of plastic
bottles of water . We have to get plastic under control.
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Darhsiung Chang
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10 days ago
Most agree on the problem. Few agree on the cause. And there is chaos, not
solutions.
1. the earth is warming.
2. population has doubled in 50 years; and will be 9b in 20.
3. energy needs have grown faster.
What’s the sane solution?
Ironically, rather than seeing fossil fuel as the enemy, it’s the pathway until
innovation allows less disruptive means to fuel the growing population and
improved life styles.
Here are a few common sense suggestions.
1. 2.5b+ burn wood for food and heating. A simple system to trade gathered wood
for coal would quickly reduce carbon emissions. For the purists, think through
the parts.
2. Grant grid managers rights to clear the path for the grid. This simple
solution reduces the costs to minimize forest fires (caused by under maintained
electrical wires), limit the size of fires, and reduce the cost of forestry
management.
3. Accelerate fusion research… eg conversion of gas. This scales. Period
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Darhsiung Chang
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Thus, use fossil fuel to displace the naturally produced co2 from burning wood…
Until a long term solution can be found with truly scalable source.
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Nurul Aman
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10 days ago
Great points Mr. Gates have delivered at the Summit. The most effective way to
achieve NetZero emission by 2050 is to adapt Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
technology in major industries such as Power Grid that emit major share of CO2.
CCS initiative has to be considered as public good fully funded by the
governments.
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Mhamed Ararsi Cherkaoui
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10 days ago
The problem is not gases and plastics or everything that can damage the climate.
The problem and the disease is the human.
Man is the cause of all the imbalances.
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John Thee
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10 days ago
overpopulation the biggest problem
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HERNAN ECHAURREN
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10 days ago
In my opinion what is fundamental to walk in the right direction with respect to
climate change is to get people involved.
Airlines do not emit CO2 really nor does big oil, is people who choose to fly,
and choose to drive, and choose to heat their houses.
What if all households adjust their thermostats by 1ºC for cooling and heating.
What if everyone would shorten their showers by 40%. And thus many, many small
actions by everybody it would make a tremendous contribution in a process we
should all be interested in. It is not only the responsibility of governments
and industry, it is a personal one.
All the best.
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Alexander Kurz
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Individual actions will not make a big difference unless we change the rules of
the game for everybody. One good idea is a carbon fee and dividend, which is a
price on carbon that, as opposed to tax, is passed on directly to the citizens,
who can then decide what to do with the money. This means that heating and
showers would get more expensive, but also that saving on them would incur a
bigger reward.
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John Thee
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10 days ago
consumption is the problem look what a difference covid has had on reducing
consumption
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HARBANS SRAON
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10 days ago
Thank you Mr. Gates for your efforts towards environment protection.
Dr. Harbans Singh Sraon
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Cate Ono
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10 days ago
I worry people don't realize how important clean-energy innovation is to our
future.
Solving the fossil fuel problem isn’t just political or monetary problems, but
technological problems.
The cart is before the horse right now. Electricity demand is on the rise. And
as we move toward a greener economy, we will accelerate that demand with a
robust EV market and other common household tools like electric leaf blowers,
lawnmowers, etc.
But the electric grid is designed for fossil fuel. Renewable electricity from
solar, hydro, and wind cannot meet current demands, let alone future demands.
As frightening as nuclear power sounds, we need to rethink nuclear energy. The
nuclear power of the past is not the nuclear energy of the future. So it will be
part of the future.
We need to educate ourselves on these newer forms of nuclear energy under
development. The better we understand it, the better we can advocate for our
communities.
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John Thee
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10 days ago
alot of nuc plants were never finished decades ago such as Bataan and Rancho
Seco and many have closed for a reason called accidents
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Cate Ono
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DOE already approved a test reactor.
It's a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) that uses liquid metal (sodium) as a
coolant instead of water (pressurized water reactors or boiling water reactors)
typically used in nuclear power plants in the US.
As for the water-cooled reactors, the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy has been
developing an accident tolerant fuel assemble for years. It was completed in
2019. It's now installed at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant.
Nuclear power is in our future. We need to understand the new generation SFR.
I just ordered Bill Gate’s book to gain a better understanding of his overall
energy and climate perspective.
I am also researching work by opponents of nuclear energy by physicists like
Edwin Lyman and M. V. Ramana to better understand all the issues surrounding
nuclear energy.
Nuclear energy is not going away. I believe we need to educate ourselves on both
sides of the issue. Only through education and understanding can we form and
articulate our concerns, then work to address them with the government and
owners of the reactors.
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Don Savage
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I understand there has been no discussion at COP26 of additional research in the
one area that could potentially stop global warming until we reach zero
carbon......geoengineering. In your book I think you called it a "last resort"
option, but if we don't do the research, the option will not be available.
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motia damag
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10 days ago
We need a comprehensive book that answers many questions, scientifically studied
answers, not just predictions or experimental theories, answers that help us,
educate us, and motivate us.
A comprehensive reference for the general public, students and scholars in all
languages, available to all
My greetings
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motia damag
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Are the investments that you focused on at present will solve the problems or is
it a drug for some time?!
The most important is where we should start to solve all these problems caused
by humans on earth?!
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motia damag
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Are humans really going to think about the problems of heat emission?!
Will they work to avoid the great danger facing us?!
Will they cooperate with organizations and governments for this?!
Are these organizations, laboratories, associations, etc., that are currently
working to solve the problems of heat emission, are enough?!
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José Solorzano
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10 days ago
Carbón filters to all kind of fósil carbon combustion is all we need now ! All
thinks to improve the use of other energy types , bat urge to capture the day a
they carbon production in farmers and electric carbon plants . Who invent this
filer will start the change now !
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Don Gilbert
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Dear Bill
This is what I Published on City of London's LinkedIn post today (abbreviated;
they looked me up):
"Well done City of London.
From a Property Perspective New Build & stuff that flows. It is stuff. Our
Politicians are hooked on it!
We are Hooked on: #GDP (a number); #unemployment (number) #CPI same.
We watch the news daily. People people people. Squalor Degradation Rubbish
Landfill. 80.0% of GDP = Landfill.
Young Greta and Co. our youth are on to it. We must swing our resources from
Military to: #birthcontrol education of #women; archaic #religious beliefs eg.
Catholic Church; symbolic representatives of All Religions & swing sharply into
birth control, etc. sorry legalize abortion.
Then add up important Initiatives people have. I have the only #SaaS that
properly
matches #BusinessCapital to #PropertyCapital matching #supplyanddemand which
reduces Waste ...... vacancies close-down start-ups see 3dretaileconomics.com.au
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How are you helping solve the climate crisis? We gonna 3D print 🖨🏙 sustainable
skyscrapers to help solve the housing affordability & climate crisis(SDG 11).
Join the cause 👉 http://x3em.com . Love to connect
https://www.linkedin.com/in/broadcastic
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Randi Martinsen
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Fossil fuels do not contribute to global warming. The CO2 emissions generated
from burning fossil fuels do contribute to global warming. So if the CO2
emissions are a problem, why isn't there as much focus on developing carbon
capture and storage technologies as there is on replacing fossil fuels by
developing renewable energy resources? Solar and wind energy may be renewable,
however their hardware is not, and disposing of the hardware has significant
environmental consequences. The world's energy requirements are exponentially
growing. Many developing nations, including China, are building coal fired power
plants. Therefore it seems to me we have to develop technologies to control,
capture and store greenhouse gas emissions. Randi Martinsen
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Harry Vincent
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Energy storage is one of the main concerns we have to overcome. present day
batteries are not sufficient for uour needs.
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Bryan de Boinville
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EIA, the non-political government agency that presents unbiased long term global
forecasts, has just come out with the true world situation. I think it would be
fair to say that the Biden / COP26 goals couldn't possibly be met. Indeed, it
isn't clear that anyone would want to meet them once they figure out the impact
for cooking, heating, driving, and normal life. Please have a look at Global
primary energy consumption by energy source in the … | Flickr. Even quadrupling
nuclear power wouldn't be enough to protect consumer lifestyles and still reduce
atmospheric carbon by a significant amount. Bring on the coccoliths .to see if
algal blooms can force the CO2 level down enough.
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Bob Easter
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I wonder what the COP26 folks had to say about the defenders of the fossil fuels
world and the status quo? We've recently seen how easy it is for one or two well
placed individuals to delay if not halt efforts to do progressive, innovative
big things. The world's political systems aren't ready to do what needs to be
done. That's what really needs to be addressed at places like COP26... .
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Waldemar Grothe
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Mimo 71 lat wciaz sie ucze i chce sie dalej uczyc i dzialac. Waldemar.
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Iain Holland
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10 days ago
Let's be fair Bill, COP26 has been failure and nothing more than a the massive
challenge by hypocrisy over merit. Bill Gates arriving on foot, rather than a
private jet, may have helped. Otherwise, everyone looks ridiculous.
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Renee Marie West
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Q} “So at an event like this, one way I measure progress is by the way people
are thinking about what it’ll take to reach zero emissions. Do they think we
already have all the tools we need to get there? Or is there a nuanced view of
the complexity of this problem, and the need for new, affordable clean
technology that helps people in low- and middle-income countries raise their
standard of living without making climate change worse?” said Bill Gates.
A} Protecting the sky seems like such an impossible mission! But planting the 5
apple trees in my backyard that I planted from seeds from 1 good apple I bought
from the grocery store makes me feel like a good citizen! If it's fun to save
the Planet, each of us doing our little bit, then that all adds up to a good day
in World School. So when you begin to feel like just one person in a big world
doing your small part, that means Teamwork in Progress.
You're a good leader, Mo.
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Renee Marie West
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I recently became interested in the climate change issue because of your red &
blue “Soar” book, Mo. I haven't read it, but you did mention in the past in a
video that if you had known your book, “The Road Ahead,” would have taken so
much time, you might not have decided to write it. Time is what you have so
little of. You spent your few minutes on writing that book instead of using it
to get enough sleep or read books or take vacations.
Thank you for giving all of us fellow Earthlings your little bit of free time!
That's how I knew the climate change issue was important. I don't need to read
your book to know that. But I have learned a lot lately about the issue by
listening to you. Maybe you don't think you're skilled at language, but your
generosity speaks for you.
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Katerina Drca
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WE HAVE A LOT TO DO STARTING FROM THE POLITICIANS WHO CAN TAKE THE TRAIN FOR THE
SHORT DISTANCE,NOT AIRPLAINE.ALL WE HAVE TOREDUCE THE TRAFFIC JAM IF WE GO 3-4
PERSONS IN THE CAR,.IT'S NOT ESSENTIALY THAT EVERY ONE USES THE PROPER CAR AND
CONTRIBUTES TO EMISSIONS OF CO2.AND IT'S AN ENDLESS LIST...BUT WE HOPE YOUR
VOICE WHO RAPRESENTS OUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD
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Iain Holland
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Don't be absurd Katerina, there is no 'proper car', no right to cheap
transportation, or only that imbued by an insane 100 year pandemic global fossil
insanity.
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Louis Fornicola
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Count me out on nuclear power.
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