Government house: unveiling the Breakthrough Energy Coalition to take on climate change through technology research and funding.
Recently 28 wealthy businesspeople and University of California made headlines when they unveiled their Breakthrough Energy Coalition to take on climate change through technology research and funding. Announced at Cop21, the UN Climate Change Conference held in Paris, the coalition is led by Bill Gates, founder of software company Microsoft and one of the trustees of the philanthropic Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Breakthrough Energy’s website states that “the existing system of basic research, clean energy investment, regulatory frameworks and…
