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Our grandchildren will grow up in a much worse world if we don't fix climate change

Our grandchildren will grow up in a much worse world if we don't fix

The idea of ​​becoming a grandfather is so exciting for Bill Gates that he has started writing about it.

"I started looking at the world through a new lens recently when my oldest daughter gave me the incredible news that I will be a grandfather next year," Gates wrote on his personal blog, Gates Notes.

Gates' 26-year-old daughter, Jennifer, and her husband, Nayel Nassar, are expecting their first child in 2023.

Our grandchildren will grow up in a much worse world if we don't fix

"Just the thought of becoming a grandfather next year makes me emotional," wrote the 67-year-old billionaire philanthropist, who made his fortune by co-founding Microsoft in the 1970s.

"And the thought gives a new dimension to my work. When I think about the world my grandson will be born into, I am more inspired than ever to help everyone's children and grandchildren have a chance to survive and thrive.”

Gates goes on to outline the work his philanthropic organization, the Gates Foundation, is doing for children living in global poverty, to improve education, pandemic preparedness, and the fight against polio and AIDS.

Gates also talks about the work he's doing to fight climate change, such as through the Gates Foundation, supporting early-stage climate companies with his investment firm, Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

The response of current leaders to climate change will affect future generations, Gates says in the section of his letter where he addresses climate change.

"I can sum up the solution to climate change in two sentences: We must eliminate global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Extreme weather is already causing more suffering, and if we don't get to net zero emissions, our grandchildren will grow up in a world that would be dramatically worse."