Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Sunday that he considers efforts to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 “completely unrealistic.”
Host Chris Wallace
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“It is completely unrealistic to think we can eliminate emissions by 2030,” Gates replied, adding that “not seeing this problem is difficult will be part of the difficulty of dealing with it.”
Gates further warned that worsening climate issues would influence other geopolitical factors.
“The migration we saw from Syria because of their civil war was somewhat weather dependent,” he said. “We will have 10 times the migration because the equatorial regions become unlivable, you will not be able to farm or go out in the summer.”
“It’s all a matter of degree,” he added. “If we wait another 10 years, it’s not as bad as if we wait 20 or you wait 30, because the temperature keeps rising.”
Wallace also asked Gates about his views on the rollout of coronavirus vaccines, to which Gates responded, “This gives us light at the end of the tunnel,” but “we need to get the logistics right.”
“I hope we will reopen more schools. By the time we get to the fall, we should avoid waiting there because the vaccination level will be very high,” he added.
Gates’ comments come as the US approaches its 500,000 coronavirus death milestone, by far the highest of any country. The country has also seen declining virus cases, and more than 10 percent of the country received at least the first dose of the vaccine.