#poverty-alleviation

#poverty-alleviation

Bill Gates has invested billions over the last two decades to help fight climate change. But in a new blog post, he argues that world is too focused on cutting short-term emissions. "The doomsday outlook is causing much of the climate community to focus too much on near-term emissions goals," he writes, calling for a "strategic pivot" to focus on "improving lives" by focusing development dollars more on agriculture and disease and poverty eradication.