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Singapore – Rich countries “owe this world” to fall to zero emissions, reports Microsoft Founder Bill Gates.
Gates, who is also the chairman of the nonprofit Gates Fund, spoke at the opening of the Singapore dinner on Monday, the flagship event of sustainable development for the state investor Temasek.
In a fire in a chat with Singapore Ambassador on Ravi Manon’s climatic actions, Gates said that rich countries should get to zero, no matter whether the whole world (pure zero) gets. “
“There is a level of emissions that are small enough that the deterioration temperature is not really a problem,” he said.
Thus, for all countries it is not necessary to reach “absolute zero”, but richer countries must do this to show that there are decisions to mitigate the consequences of the climatic crisis.
Clean zero is determined by the United Nations As “sharply carbon emissions to a small amount of residual emissions that can be absorbed and endured by nature and other measures of carbon dioxide removal, leaving zero in the atmosphere.”
Gates also urged the world to be more daring with innovative investments that seek to fight climate change, saying that, despite the fact that it was a huge believer in innovation, “the concept that the whole world will receive (to pure zero) by 2050, at this moment not realistic.”
The UN has stated that to maintain global warming no more than 1.5 ° C – as intended in The Paris Agreement – The emissions should be reduced by 45% by 2030 and to reach pure zero by 2050.
“The sooner we come there, the better. (But) we need examples.” Gates said, emphasizing that the main obstacles include providing capital risk to finance these solutions.
On Monday, Gates also met with Singapore Prime Minister Lawren Wong, who said he would create an office in the city state at the Gates Fund.
“We had a broad conversation on the forward issues: from pure energy to the development of the vaccine. Singapore expects close work with the Gates Fund to promote innovation and improve life-here, in Asia and worldwide,”-Wong – Note In a message on Facebook.
Former Microsoft CEO also met with Senior Minister Singapore Lee Hsieni Lung to discuss how the fund can work with more subjects in the country, such as universities.
“We welcome the Gates and others to continue to bring our business and interests here to invest and invest in our ecosystem and deepen our ties with the region,” Lee, “Lee,” – Note In a message on Facebook.
