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Bill Gates Warns Climate Change Is an Even Harder Problem Than the Pandemic

“We’re short about two dozen great innovations.”

September 17, 2020 at 8:00 AM UTC

This article is part of the September 21, 2020 issue of businessweek.

The world could use some big breakthroughs—a vaccine to combat coronavirus and innovations to mitigate climate change among them. The Microsoft Corp. co-founder speaks with Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker about his passion for both, the nightmare that is misinformation, and the difference between Elon Musk and Steve Jobs.

ERIK SCHATZKER: President Trump has made no secret of his desire to see a Covid-19 vaccine soon, ideally before the November election. How worried are you about politics hijacking the approval process?

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