The world's richest people are putting their money where their mouths are in an attempt to stave off the effects of climate change.
At a conference in Singapore on Tuesday, Bill and Melinda Gates announced their philanthropic arm, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will invest $50 billion in climate change initiatives in Asia over the next five years, the BBC reports.
The Gates Foundation, which has already committed $30 billion to climate change initiatives in Africa and Latin America, says it will work with governments, businesses, and non-governmental organizations to develop strategies to reduce carbon emissions and prepare for the effects of climate change.
The world's richest people are putting their money where their mouths are in an attempt to avoid the worst of the effects of climate change, Bloomberg reports.
The Gates Foundation says it will invest $50 billion in climate change initiatives in Asia over the next five years.
The world's richest people are putting their money where their mouths are in an attempt to avoid the worst of the effects of climate change, Bloomberg reports.
The Gates Foundation says it will invest $50 billion in climate change initiatives in Asia over the next five years.
The world's richest people are putting their money where their mouths are in an attempt to avoid the worst of the effects of climate change.
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