Kirian Mischke-Reeds
@kirianmr.bsky.social
Climate and energy policy analyst @WRI. Stubborn optimist who believes in the economic and social benefits of a clean transition. Writing about the intersection of climate, finance, energy, politics, and culture. Cambridge and USC grad.
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Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.
Bill Gates has a new memo out calling for a “strategic pivot” on climate change, downplaying “doomsday” talk to focus on filling enormous post-USAID budget gaps in global health and vaccine funding. I got an early glimpse of his thinking last week:
7 New Takes From Bill Gates on Climate ‘Doomsday’ Talk and Global Health
“I mean, God bless the Europeans for caring about climate.”
heatmap.news
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.
Saying you’re prioritizing “kitchen table” issues while deprioritizing climate change, a key driver of the cost of living, and ignoring the very real benefits of climate action (on jobs, the economy, health, etc.) is moronic and spineless.
They've decided the problem is "the groups." (This, again, is a warmed-over diatribe that we've been hearing from centrist pundits for almost a year.)
Dem donors, staffers, and interest groups are all too well-educated and liberal. They focus on "identity and cultural issues" and climate. Waaaa!
Dem donors, staffers, and interest groups are all too well-educated and liberal. They focus on "identity and cultural issues" and climate. Waaaa!
October 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Saying you’re prioritizing “kitchen table” issues while deprioritizing climate change, a key driver of the cost of living, and ignoring the very real benefits of climate action (on jobs, the economy, health, etc.) is moronic and spineless.