Gates Urges Investors to Put Money in Climate Adaptation

Bill Gates wants investors and governments to put more money into protecting lives on a warmer planet. In a lengthy memo, he lays out his current view of the climate problem and concludes that “human welfare” must be the top priority.

Meanwhile, the first-ever decline in global emissions is just around the corner, the UN says. By 2035, they’ll have fallen 10% from 2019 levels, an unequivocal sign that humanity is bending the curve and cutting the greenhouse gas pollution that’s baking the planet.

The data made public today would be cause for major celebration if it wasn’t for the fact that it’s not nearly close to what scientists say is needed to avoid catastrophic climate change — a 60% decline by 2035.