Hydrocarbons are ‘part of the miracle of modernity’ and replacing them is an enormous challenge. But this challenge has to be undertaken and undertaken ‘worldwide’.
Or so said Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and a major philanthropist, speaking in Sydney to the Lowy Institute on January 23.
Why act on climate change? Because it is a problem that ‘will become worse and worse over time’ with potentially frightening effects for the world.
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