"Railing against a "doomsday outlook" stemming from "much of the climate community," the author of 2021's How to Avoid a Climate Disaster claimed that there's "too much" emphasis on "near-term emissions goals" as opposed to addressing "poverty and disease." (The straight line between climate disasters from higher temperatures and the acceleration of both poverty and disease went unnoted.) While Hurricane Melissa-whose ferocity was supercharged by ocean waters heated by carbon-emissions absorption, as well as increased atmospheric moisture-laid waste to much of Jamaica,"
"The billionaire does not appear to have publicly addressed the disaster in Jamaica that's since extended throughout the Caribbean, with Melissa having killed dozens across Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic. And his overall point, frankly, does not hold up to scrutiny. Gates isn't alone; climate change has slipped down the world's priority list in the past few years-and it shows."
A 185-mph Atlantic storm struck Jamaica and devastated much of the Caribbean, intensified by warmer ocean waters and increased atmospheric moisture, killing dozens across multiple countries. Bill Gates minimized the urgency of climate action in a blog post and a CNBC interview, emphasizing poverty and disease over near-term emissions goals while excusing Microsoft's fossil-fueled A.I.-construction surge. The connection between higher temperatures, accelerating poverty, and disease went unaddressed. Climate change has fallen on global priority lists, with governments and corporations shelving emissions targets, climate budgets diverted to warfare, media attention waning, and some activists urging softer approaches.
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