Bill Gates published a blog post last week, titled Three tough truths about climate (A new way to look at the problem). He argues that we need to continue funding programs that tackle poverty and health (fine!) but that these funds should come at the expense of programs to mitigate climate change, which he claims won’t be so bad. I look into his motivation for such a misguided proposal that does nothing for the Global South. Continue reading Bill Gates’s new view on climate change is irrational