'Help vulnerable farmers adapt to climate change': Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates at COP26 summit
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Addressing the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates talked about accelerating clean energy innovation and deployment, helping vulnerable farmers adapt to climate change and emphasised building a green revolution.
Addressing the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates talked about accelerating clean energy innovation and deployment, helping vulnerable farmers adapt to climate change and emphasised building a green revolution. "Six years ago in Paris, I joined many of you to announce historic commitments to developing the technologies we need to stop climate change," he said, adding that the efforts for the same are going well.Gates said, "I started Breakthrough Energy Ventures to complement the commitment from 22 countries to increase R&D through Mission Innovation. BEV has raised over $2 billion so far and invested in more than 80 companies from 11 countries across four continents."ALSO READ: PM Modi discusses sustainable development, climate change with Bill Gates on sidelines of COP26 summit
However, he stated that if the world was planning to scale the innovations that get us to zero (emissions), one needs to reduce the cost difference between things that emit and things that don’t—a difference that Gates calls "Green Premium". The cost of the transition must be low enough that the whole world could afford it.In order to make it a successful mission, Breakthrough Energy announced the creation of Catalyst, informed Gates. The Catalyst would take care of the following:
