https://www.newsmax.com/newsfr...dkt_nbr=010502edib4w

Billionaire Bill Gates has dramatically changed his position on climate change, acknowledging for this first time there is no “doomsday” risk from global warming.

In a memo published by Gates Notes Monday night, the Microsoft co-founder, who has poured billions into combating global warming, urged a move away from what he called a "doomsday outlook" and toward improving living conditions in developing nations.

"Although climate change will have serious consequences — particularly for people in the poorest countries — it will not lead to humanity's demise," Gates wrote. "People will be able to live and thrive in most places on Earth for the foreseeable future."

The 70-year-old philanthropist's statement marks a notable reversal from his 2021 book, "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster."

The essay came a week before the U.N. COP30 climate summit in Brazil. Gates said he will not attend this year's event and instead wants to emphasize global health, poverty, and resilience.

In his memo, Gates argued that climate change is "serious" but that governments and philanthropists must balance environmental goals with investments that help people adapt.

"We can't cut funding for health and development — programs that help people stay resilient in the face of climate change — to do it," he wrote. "It's time to put human welfare at the center of our climate strategies."

The new memo coincides with major changes in Gates' climate ventures.

Earlier this year, his Breakthrough Energy group dismantled its policy division and trimmed staff.

In May, the Gates Foundation announced plans to wind down over the coming years, after spending billions on climate-related efforts, including $1.4 billion to aid farmers adapting to hotter conditions.

Gates has not stopped investing in clean energy.

TerraPower, his nuclear energy firm, recently won key federal approval for a next-generation reactor design. Yet he now stresses that measuring success by global temperature alone is misguided.

"Temperature is not the best way to measure our progress on climate," he wrote, arguing that alarmist messaging can hinder practical solutions.

In an interview with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin, Gates said, "Climate is super important but has to be considered in terms of overall human welfare. I didn't pick that position because everybody agrees with it — it's just the intellectually right answer."

He called for a "strategic pivot" from short-term emissions targets to long-term human progress, saying the world must prioritize innovations that "have the greatest impact on human welfare."

Gates' shift also comes amid political headwinds.

The New York Times noted that some observers see his moderation as an attempt to "move to the center" during a period when President Donald Trump and other Republicans are skeptical of climate spending.

Despite political divides, Gates insists optimism, not fear, will drive change.

"We've made great progress," he wrote on Gates Notes. "We need to keep backing breakthroughs that will help the world reach zero emissions — while helping everyone live healthier, better lives."

He needs to pull his bottom lip over his head and swallow.

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Originally posted by Leemur:
He needs to pull his bottom lip over his head and swallow.

That would be quite a trick since he already has it most of the way up his ass!

He's a classic opportunist, he sees which way the political winds are blowing now and is making his move to align with that.

Agree. He may be more intelligent than average but he lost his moral / ethical compass long ago. He has clearly demonstrated that his interests are self serving, ends justify the means, and not for any common good.

So regardless of any intelligence, any advocacy from him deserves suspicion and doubt. Even if it's not obvious, there is a conflict of interest that is self serving rather than altruistic.

https://www.gatesnotes.com/hom...truths-about-climate

So was it a lie then, or is it a lie now?

Where did the trillion$ that the world put into Climate Change go?

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Originally posted by architect:

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Originally posted by Leemur:
He needs to pull his bottom lip over his head and swallow.

That would be quite a trick since he already has it most of the way up his ass!

AKA cranial rectal extraction.

Unfortunately there's more than one variety of this condition.

https://www.urbandictionary.co...nial+Rectal+Syndrome

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Originally posted by konata88:
Agree. He may be more intelligent than average but he lost his moral / ethical compass long ago. He has clearly demonstrated that his interests are self serving, ends justify the means, and not for any common good.

So regardless of any intelligence, any advocacy from him deserves suspicion and doubt. Even if it's not obvious, there is a conflict of interest that is self serving rather than altruistic.

You have to have something first in order to lose it. I don’t think how he got control of DOS and got to where he is was a picture of morality and ethics in the first place. I think it was about being opportunistic as someone else described him.

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Originally posted by onegeek:
https://www.gatesnotes.com/hom...truths-about-climate

So was it a lie then, or is it a lie now?

Where did the trillion$ that the world put into Climate Change go?

It means the real scam money gold vein has been found elsewhere and this mine is bust and the climate change camp will become a ghost town.

Gates is an intellectual lightweight who happened to get lucky and isn’t worth the paper I use to wipe my ass.

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Originally posted by wrightd:

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Originally posted by architect:

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Originally posted by Leemur:
He needs to pull his bottom lip over his head and swallow.

That would be quite a trick since he already has it most of the way up his ass!

AKA cranial rectal extraction.

Unfortunately there's more than one variety of this condition.

https://www.urbandictionary.co...nial+Rectal+Syndrome

But there is also a class for these extremely dangerous variants: Liberalism.

Last one in the room to get it and thinks his tardy erudition is profound enough to declare.

This is the guy that wants to vaccinate all the cows in the world and also wants to genetically engineer mosquitoes to spread a disease.

There is nothing about this cretin worth listening to

To be fair, if he is allowed to vaccinate moo cows he can destroy bovine fertility, eliminate cow farts, and force the world to buy GatesLab Burgers. All wins for Bill Blofeld. I mean Gates.

Precisely.

Give him all the credit(most anyway) for Microsoft, fine. But then with notoriety, $$, & name recognition he spouts off about other issues he really doesn’t have any more clue about than the average citizen.

It’s like the Hollywood actor that didn’t graduate high school talking in front of congress about some issue. Again, notoriety gets them a seat, that’s about it.

It’s the free time & extra $$ that lets them pontificate what’s best for the rest of us. Meanwhile, much of the world has real life to contend with. Today Jamaica will be front & center with cleanup. Of course some will be mentioning climate change as the reasoning for the weather.

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Originally posted by onegeek:
https://www.gatesnotes.com/hom...truths-about-climate

So was it a lie then, or is it a lie now?

Where did the trillion$ that the world put into Climate Change go?

It means the real scam money gold vein has been found elsewhere and this mine is bust and the climate change camp will become a ghost town.

There's your answer.

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It means the real scam money gold vein has been found elsewhere and this mine is bust and the climate change camp will become a ghost town.

And... he's starting to feel the heat:

Senate Judiciary Launches Probe Into Gates Foundation's Alleged Funding Of Chinese Military Fronts

Scrutiny of the nonprofit world is increasing by the week. Regarding the Gates Foundation, rumblings surfaced in late August when the foundation abruptly severed ties with the Arabella network. This is the same network that bankrolls color-revolution-style operations run by No Kings partners, also known as the permanent protest-industrial complex.

Now, congressional pressure is mounting on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa launched an investigation into the foundation's alleged funneling of tens of millions of dollars in grants to entities tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), raising serious concerns over potential violations of U.S. tax laws governing 501(c)(3) world.

"According to recent reports, the Gates Foundation, through grants and direct payments, have funded the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its allies. I am writing today to ask you whether these reports are true or not and, if true, how your organization's conduct comports with 501(c)(3) requirements," Grassley wrote in the letter.

Grassley cited several media reports that suggested in 2023 the Gates Foundation directed:

$11.7 million to various arms of China's government,

$2 million to a corporation linked by the U.S. Department of Defense to the Chinese military,

and $6.7 million to state-run universities that support Xi Jinping's regime

Grassley noted the foundation's 2022 tax filings that showed, according to the senator, "the nonprofit provided approximately $23 million in funding to over 20 different Chinese entities, some of which were labeled as "foreign governments."

These payments were reportedly categorized as public health or research initiatives. However, IRS regulations prohibit 501(c)(3) charities from directly supporting foreign governments. This means the foundation would have to obtain IRS determination letters or equivalency determinations to ensure that foreign grants serve charitable purposes and do not violate Sections 4942 or 4945 of the IRS Code.

Grassley continued:

Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) provides tax-exempt status for entities that are organized and operated exclusively for a charitable purpose.5 A 501(c)(3) organization may lose its tax-exempt status for failing to pursue the exempt purpose it described in its application to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). 6 With regard to activity in foreign countries, IRS guidance states that "direct grants to foreign governments do not serve IRC 501(c)(3) purposes." 7 Thus, in order to maintain tax exempt status, an organization's activities must be charitable in nature and may not directly support or promote the interests of a foreign government.8 Further, according to IRS guidance, private foundations "can distribute funds to foreign organizations to conduct activities outside of the United States, but must follow special rules when dealing with foreign organizations to avoid the excise taxes under Section 4942 and Section 4945.

Grassley asked Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman to provide detailed documentation about these questionable grants :

Are the reports that the Gates Foundation funded Chinese government projects and initiatives, including potentially Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects, accurate? Please explain.

How many foreign projects has the Gates Foundation funded in the last five years? Did any of these projects provide direct or indirect funding to foreign governments? Provide a list of projects and provide all records

When determining whether or not to fund projects and initiatives in a foreign country, what criteria does the Gates Foundation use to make that decision? Provide all records.

Did the foreign organizations the Gates Foundation has awarded grants to provide an IRS determination letter that it is a "recognized exempt organization" or did the Gates Foundation obtain an equivalency determination from a qualified tax practitioner? If so, provide the IRS determination letter or equivalency determination for each organization. If neither an IRS determination letter nor equivalency determination was provided, what procedures has the Gates Foundation put in place to exercise expenditure responsibility consistent with IRC 4945(h)? Provide all records.

Have any of the expenditures the Gates Foundation made to foreign organizations resulted in a tax under IRC 4945 or IRC 4942? Provide all records

Commenting on Grassley's letter, civil terrorism expert Jason Curtis Anderson of One City Rising,

While I fully support this effort and am encouraged to see the Senate calling out the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for funneling funds into the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and I'm glad to see the Senate taking seriously the role of nonprofits in safeguarding national security and tax-compliance, this acknowledgement in the letter from the Judiciary Committee is only the beginning of the process. The next phase must be significantly more aggressive: the Executive Branch needs to take the baton and escalate into the enforcement stage — scrutinizing grants, auditing tax-exempt status, applying relevant sanctions, and ensuring full transparency around foreign funding flows. Without concrete administrative follow-through and regulatory action, this letter risks ending as a warning rather than a real deterrent.

Beyond the Gates Foundation, it's likely that Senator Grassley's office is also scrutinizing CCP-linked billionaire Neville Roy Singham and his dark-money network, which has allegedly funded color-revolution-style operations against President Trump.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geop...ing-chinese-military

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Last one in the room to get it and thinks his tardy erudition is profound enough to declare.

Even Greta figured it out before he did and switched to Palestine.