How To Solve Climate Change: Bill Gates Wants You To Know Two Numbers

16.02.2021, 16:56 forbes.kz

The world’s fourth-richest person has a plan to save the planet from catastrophic climate change — and it's cheaper than you think. Bill Gates wants you to know two numbers: 51 billion and zero. The former is the number of tons of greenhouse gases typically added to the atmosphere each year as a result of human activities. The latter is the number of tons we need to get to by 2050 in order to avert a climate crisis. Gates has a plan for how to go from 51 billion to zero, and he’s happy to say it doesn’t come with a price tag in the trillions of dollars. As you might expect from a guy who made his fortune in technology, the billionaire’s suggested solution is tied in large part to innovation