Q&A: Bill Gates on How to Stop Global Warming
It’s the poorer people in tropical zones who will get really hit by climate change — as well as some ecosystems, which nobody wants to see disappear. This is a global thing, and it’s really hard for people to get their minds around the amount of reduction required. Every year we’re increasing the amount of CO2 we put out, and yet we’re talking about an 80 percent reduction. To make that happen, the rich world is going to have to be way down — way down — in energy use.