The rich countries owe the world to achieve zero Safi

Singapore – the rich countries “Median of the World” to reach zero -free emissions, according to Microsoft Founder of Bill Gates.

Gates, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gates, was speaking at the opening dinner of Ecosphere in Singapore on Monday, a pioneering sustainability event for the government investor TEMASEK.

In conversation along with the Ambassador of Singapore from the climate, Ravi Menon, Gates said that the rich countries should reach zero, regardless of “whether the whole world gets (zero zero).”

“There are small emissions levels enough so that the exacerbation of the temperature is not actually a problem,” he said.

Therefore, it is not necessary for all countries to achieve “absolute zero”, but the richest countries must do this in order to show that there are solutions to alleviate the effects of the climate crisis.

Zero zero is The United Nations identified it “Like carbon emissions into a small amount of remaining emissions that can be absorbed and stored categorically nature and other carbon dioxide removal measures, leaving zero in the atmosphere.”

Gates also called for the world to be more exciting through innovation investments that seek to combat climate change, saying that although he was a great believer in innovation, “the idea that the whole world will happen (zero zero) by 2050 at this stage is not realistic.”

The United Nations said that to maintain the phenomenon of global warming is no more than 1.5 ° C – as required in Paris Agreement Emissions should be reduced by 45 % by 2030 and reach zero by 2050.

“The more we get there, the better. (But) we need examples.” Gates said, noting that the main obstacles include securing risk capital to finance these solutions.

On Monday, Gates also met with the Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong, who said at the Gates Foundation will create an office in the city state.

“We have had a large-scale conversation on the upcoming challenges, from clean energy to vaccine development. Singapore is looking to work closely with the Gates Foundation to promote innovation and improve lives-here in Asia and around the world,” Wong “, Wong.” He said In the Facebook post.

The former CEO of Microsoft also met with the Minister of Singapore Lee Hsen Long to discuss how the institution can work with more entities in the country, such as universities.

“We welcome Gates and others to continue to bring their businesses and interests here to Singapore, invest in our environmental system and deepen our relations with the region,” for me. He said In a Facebook post.