Gates maintains that climate change is a serious problem that will negatively impact people, especially the poor

Advocacy for clean energy and innovation: Gates has invested billions in clean energy innovation through initiatives like Breakthrough Energy and believes rich countries have a responsibility to help lower the cost of these technologies for global deployment.

Shifting the focus: He calls for a new climate strategy that balances emissions reduction with other, more immediate humanitarian goals to maximize the impact of limited resources.
Every tenth of a degree matters: He reiterates that preventing even small amounts of warming is important because a stable climate makes it easier to improve lives.