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The World Can’t Tackle the Climate Crisis Without New Technologies

Green technologies must become cheap enough for every country to use them, says Bill Gates. Listen to Episode 3 of Zero, a new podcast from Bloomberg Green.

Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks during the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. 

Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks during the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. 

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

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With a possible recession looming, Bill Gates is preparing to raise a new fund for Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) to back innovative climate startups, on the heels of two billion-dollar funds that have together helped finance roughly 100 companies.