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Billionaires, big tech and the emerging divide over climate action – Sydney Morning Herald
Though grateful that Bill Gates is not planning to flee to Mars, support among environmentalists for his foray into climate action has been mixed.
Gates provides the context, explaining that reaching net zero by 2050 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change means working out how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 billion tonnes annually.
Gates breaks the figure down further, explaining that 31 per cent of the emissions are caused by making things such as steel, cement and plastic, electricity production causes another 27 per cent and agriculture 19 per cent. Transport and heating and cooling cause another 16 per cent and seven per…
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