Microsoft co-founder and Breakthrough Energy founder Bill Gates speaking to CNA at the Breakthrough Energy Summit in London on Jun 27, 2024.SINGAPORE: Climate change is an issue that requires “IQ from all over the planet”, rather than being restricted to just “a few rich countries in the West”, said Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates in an exclusive interview with CNA last week.
Mr Gates was speaking to CNA on Wednesday in London at the Breakthrough Energy Summit, an annual climate conference held by his firm.In April, the company announced a partnership with government agency Enterprise Singapore and state investment firm Temasek by signing a memorandum of understanding to identify and grow budding climate technology in Southeast Asia.
“Breakthrough Energy looks at a whole gamut of game changing technologies to address global warming”,” said Enterprise Singapore chairman Lee Chuan Teck. “We know there's a lot of innovation and research happening there, and so we're hoping to bring the entrepreneurial spirit to all those researchers in the region,” she said.
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