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Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg (www.desmog.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/globalpolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 11 points 2 weeks ago

Just imagine how hard they can think now with all that money

[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

[–] whatyoube@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Dumb tank?

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

And the best they could come up with was “Just tell people to worry less about the climate”?
Sounds like that think tank isn’t really worth it.

[+] dugmeup@lemmy.world -6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's odd and not on brand ... I wouldn't be surprised if the think tank misrepresented itself to get the funds

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Yeah, misrepresenting everything including themselves and facts about climate change is what Bjørn Lomborg's think tanks DO, and Gates would have known that if he'd taken just 10 minutes to research them before showering any of them with ill-gotten gains.

[–] sudoshakes@reddthat.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Has anyone here read the article?

The foundation donated, not the man. The foundation’s finances are not exactly simple with thousands of organizations getting funds from them at any given time.

Where money is distributed is not a decision specific to Gates. It’s based on the leadership decisions in the foundation to issue grants. The direction of the granting process is at a high level guided by the board of the foundation, that includes Gates, but those directions are at the “focus on medical research grants into Malaria, AIDS, and TB”, not at the individual dispersal level.

The delegation of authority rules would likely place a 3.5 million dollar decision on a VP level in the foundation to approve.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And to clarify, he will have taken at least 10 minute to research them before showering them with ill-gotten gains.

He knows who he is supporting. The question for us is, why is he supporting them?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Might simply be because he agrees with the lies and wants to profit from spreading them:

In October 2025, Bill Gates issued a statement about climate change that some described as shocking. He said that climate change does not pose an existential threat to civilization

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's because he thinks the only thing that matters is himself and he won't be there when things go awry.

How the hell can you be that old and still not chill out ffs.