Bill Gates expresses concern, doubts on attainability of 1.5 degrees global warming limit

• Gates commented on global warming in an interview with the UK-based think tank Policy Exchange

• He was speaking during the first week of the COP26 summit in Glasgow

Microsoft Corp founder and philanthropist Bill Gates expressed his doubts on whether the world will be able to keep a check on global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and reminded of how much work needs to be done if climate goals are to be met.

Gates’ comments on global warming, made during the first week of the COP26, a United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, a follow-up of the Paris Agreement, which aims to “limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.”