
In his new book How To Avoid A Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have And The Breakthroughs We Need, he outlines how his own thinking on the topic has evolved over the years - and he describes a path forward that he says everybody can participate in in some way. Now Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, one of the world's most prominent business leaders and philanthropists - the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been a supporter of NPR - is sharing his thoughts on how to solve it. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, by Bill GatesĮditor's note: The introduction of this interview with Bill Gates should have stated that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is an NPR funder.Ĭlimate change has been called the greatest existential threat of our time - and it has already had devastating effects on people throughout the world.
