"It helps to set ambitious goals and commit to meeting them, the way countries around the world did with the 2015 Paris Agreement. It’s easy to mock international agreements, but they’re part of how progress happens: If you like having an ozone layer, you can thank an international agreement called the Montreal Protocol."
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need is a book published on February 16, 2021 which was written by software entrepreneur, billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates.
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