According to his forecasts, in the coming decades, the Earth will face a global collapse caused by climate change. The founder of the American company Microsoft Bill Gates predicted a large-scale environmental crisis on the planet, the consequences of which would be worse than the coronavirus pandemic. According to him, in the coming decades, the Earth will face a global collapse caused by climate change on the planet.
“As dire as the pandemic is, climate change could be even worse,” Gates wrote on his blog. He believes that in order to avoid a disaster, it is necessary to significantly reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere. Gates compared the consequences of such a crisis with a pandemic: if the mortality rate from COVID-19 is on average 14 people per 100 thousand population, then in the next 40 years the mortality rate from rising temperatures on the planet will be several times higher. The founder of Microsoft urged to start solving this problem now: he proposed to involve scientists in controlling the level of emissions into the atmosphere. Gates is convinced that the fight must be waged not only in developed countries, but also in developing countries. The billionaire stressed: humanity no longer has time, it is necessary to start acting today.