Bill Gates’ Post

Fonio is a remarkable crop from West Africa that is nutritious, delicious, and drought-tolerant. It’s even easy to grow—but traditionally, it’s been difficult to process for eating, requiring too much time and labor to do on a large scale despite the benefits. Fortunately, this fourth-generation Senegalese family is working to change that and support farmers in earning a better living: https://lnkd.in/gArSDzhT

More people care about our climate future than we think—which is good news, because we’re all more likely to take action when we know others are willing to do the same. https://b-gat.es/3UkD54W

Millets are making a comeback. These remarkable and nutritious ancient grains have been around for thousands of years—and today, they can play an important role in fighting malnutrition and helping farmers adapt to a warming world.

Alzheimer’s disease has devastated too many families worldwide, including my own. But after decades of negative clinical trials and dozens of failed therapies, I believe we’ve finally reached a tipping point. I shared why in this special edition of Scientific American, dedicated to the progress being made on Alzheimer’s and the breakthroughs still to come.

To meet our climate goals, we need to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at scale. So I’m excited for Graphyte to officially open the “largest carbon removal project in the world” in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Their carbon casting approach, which converts readily available biomass into carbon blocks and stores them permanently underground, will eventually be able to remove 1.6 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere. https://b-gat.es/49FtyKf

Djibouti nearly succeeded in wiping out malaria. After a resurgence, Oxitec’s innovative approach—which uses mosquitos to fight mosquitos—is helping the country win the fight against the disease once again.

Imagine the heartbreak of losing five siblings to preventable causes. Then imagine the hope of seeing your daughter get her master’s degree, and your granddaughter thrive in school with dreams of becoming a doctor. That is the story of one family in Ethiopia—whose lives and opportunities have been transformed by the reductions in child mortality since 1990.

The world is experiencing an investment boom to tackle climate change—and this great map shows where clean energy projects are getting built. These projects are creating jobs in communities across the U.S. and helping us transition to a net zero future. https://b-gat.es/43TMC69

I filled a pothole—and reduced greenhouse gas emissions—during my incredible visit to Modern Hydrogen. With an innovative process that removes carbon from natural gas to get emissions-free hydrogen, Modern Hydrogen is decarbonizing the energy market. And by sequestering that carbon in asphalt used to build roads (and repair potholes), the company is decarbonizing the building materials market, too. I’m proud to have been an early investor in Modern Hydrogen, and I can’t wait to see what’s next.

When it comes to child mortality, we already have the know-how to save millions more lives each year—it's a matter of putting it to use and making sure existing solutions reach the people who need them most.