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Bill Gates shares 3 steps to a clean energy economy in message to Leaders Summit on Climate April 23, 2021 at 9:57 am Bill Gates during his message to the Leaders Summit on Climate on Friday. (YouTube screenshot) Bill Gates joined day two of President Joe Biden’s virtual “Leaders Summit on Climate” on Friday with a message to world leaders about the necessary steps they must take to avoid a climate disaster. The Microsoft co-founder and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said it will be virtually impossible to meet any goals associated with combating climate change using ...

Continued inequity in COVID-19 vaccination means virus mutations occur and newer variants emerge that may be resistant to currently available vaccines. Credit: United Nations. ABUJA, Apr 2 2021 (IPS) - As richer western nations continue hoarding COVID-19 vaccines to the detriment of poorer nations, there is some light on the horizon. On April 15, 2021, the U.S. will join the Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) and co-host the launch of the Investment Opportunity for COVAX Advance Market Commitment. The aim of the event is to raise more funds to ensure at least 1.8 million doses of COVID-19 vacc...

Nteranya Sanginga, Director General, IITA A woman farmer in Mozambique with DT maize harvest. Credit: CIMMYT IBADAN and MEXICO CITY, Feb 17 2021 (IPS) - 17 February – African smallholder farmers have no choice but to adapt to climate change: 2020 was the second hottest year on record, while prolonged droughts and explosive floods are directly threatening the livelihoods of millions. By the 2030s, lack of rainfall and rising temperatures could render 40 percent of Africa’s maize-growing area unsuitable for climate-vulnerable varieties grown by farmers, while maize remains the preferred an...

Bill Gates addressing GreenBiz 21 When you’re one of the world’s richest people, it’s hard not to make a global impact. Fortunately for the climate cause, Bill Gates for the last half-decade has invested considerably toward innovations to push the planet toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. "Getting to zero is one of the most difficult challenges people have ever taken on," he said in a keynote address broadcast at the GreenBiz 21 virtual event Tuesday. "We’re going to have to change the way we make and consume basically everything, and we’re going to have to do it many...

Last week Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and world's third richest person, got his first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. He posted a picture of himself having the jab on his Twitter account with the caption: "One of the benefits of being 65 is that I’m eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine. I got my first dose this week, and I...