His message: we really can get to zero carbon emissions, and for our own good, we must do so by the half-century.įrom his founding of Microsoft to his Foundation’s work in tackling such calamitous diseases as polio and malaria, the tech mogul has invested his life in the mission to change lives.

And while many climate authors have properly situated this horror as something to run away from, Gates shines a ray of light on something to run toward. The knowledge of the climate crisis is more widespread than ever, together with the understanding that if greenhouse gas emissions keep rising - or even if the numbers remain the same year-on-year, our world would become a flooded inferno faster than we think. Within the past few years, people of all ages and socioeconomic levels have risen up to contribute their voices to the campaign for a secured future. Our global push for a better planet has been remarkable, to say the least. Bill Gates’s most recent book personifies his enthusiasm and efforts for plabterary salvation in no small measure.

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