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Bill Gates

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| Climate Adaptation

Bill Gates on Adapting to a Warmer World

Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs.

Bill Gates

Adapted from “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need,” publishing on February 16 from Alfred A. Knopf.

We need to get to zero emissions, and we’re going to need a lot of innovation to do it. But innovation doesn’t happen overnight, and it will take decades for green products to reach a big enough scale to make a significant difference.