Microsoft founder Bill Gates said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means rich countries are funnelling money towards the war effort rather than climate change or poverty.
has all but guaranteed the United Nations’ 2030 sustainable development goals will not be met. Those 17 goals, which Australia adopted in 2015, include ending poverty and ensuring access to low-cost sustainable energy globally.
Mr Gates warned that efforts should now be focused on limiting warming to 2.5 degrees, saying the world couldHe said the effects of global warming had yet to match diseases such as malaria, which kills 400,000 children annually, but it could soon be as dangerous if left unchecked.“The reason that climate change is worth investing in massively is because it will get worse and worse over time if you allow the warming to go to an extreme level ...
He said the failure of the US to scale up diagnosis and quarantine was the reason it had recorded more than 1.1 million deaths from COVID-19.Mr Gates criticised donors to the World Health Organisation, saying many of them withdrew funding at the pandemic’s peak.
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