{"id":411165,"date":"2025-11-01T13:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=411165"},"modified":"2025-11-01T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:46:56","slug":"bill-gates-shakes-up-the-climate-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=411165","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates Shakes Up the Climate Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Honest Broker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Roger Pielke Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, in his periodic letter to the world, Bill Gates shared three truths about climate change<\/a> \u2014 and shook up the climate discussion. While the longer term implications of his letter are uncertain, early signs are that Gates has injected a welcome dose of climate realism into the discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are his three truths (and I encourage everyone to read his whole letter<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Climate change is a serious problem, but it will not be the end of civilization;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Temperature is not the best way to measure our progress on climate;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Health and prosperity are the best defense against climate change.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    For most THB readers, these truths will be well understood, even common sense, and will seem neither shocking nor scandalous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But for some steeped in climate advocacy grounded in visions of \u201cexistential threat\u201d or a looming apocalypse, Gates\u2019 truths have rocked their world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Some examples from the activist media:<\/p>\n\n\n\n