Bill Gates: – Norway is one of the countries showing leadership – Dagbladet.no

PARIS (Dagbladet): – Norway is always generous and helping the poorest countries. To prevent poor are the worst off of climate change, is a goal we share, said Microsoft founder Bill Gates to the Norwegian press after the launch of a new climate initiative named Missions Innovation.

The initiative is supported by 28 countries, including Norway, USA, India and France and involves a doubling of investment in clean energy.

– Critical combination

Meanwhile, Bill Gates has joined forces with some 20 investors in a separate, independent initiative, to establish a fund for renewable energy. The group will invest billions of dollars to get more risky new technologies to market.

– This combination is critical. The basic research is supported by the authorities as soon as it is ready for market, the people who are willing to take risks, join and help further, he said.

Optimist

In his speech, During the launch, in front of the delegation members and a large press turnout, thanked US President Barack Obama Bill Gates for his contributions.

Gates says that the new measure makes him more optimistic, although the commitments that are going to come out of the climate summit in Paris not will be enough to meet the politically approved two-degree target.

– Without innovation would not have been an optimist. Then it would become difficult to ask developing countries to pay the high price to be clean. Then we can eventually reach that goal, he said.

– But because of the private and public initiative we’ve seen today, I believe that we should be able to solve this dilemaaet with clean energy versus development.

Dobler contribution

The aim is that the participating countries over a five year period minimum, double the government contribution to the research and development of environmentally friendly energy, writes climate and Environment Tine Sundtoft and petroleum and energy Tord Lien in an article on NRK Freedom.

For Norway includes support for renewable energy, energy transfer and energy efficiency and CO2 management, as well as demonstration and testing new technology.

Erna Solberg announced earlier today that Norway will double its efforts in this area until 2020.

– If we are to reach the 2-degree target, it must be developed and implemented new climate-friendly energy technology on a scale that the world does not previously seen before, said Solberg told reporters in Paris earlier today.

– Takes Leadership

Norway have over the last three years on average allocated 1.1 billion over the MPE budget to research and innovation in green energy. These appropriations should therefore be increased to 2.2 billion within the next five years.

Gates believes the commitment Norway made of doubling efforts in clean energy is “great.”

– It really shows that Norway is one of the countries taking leadership to solve these problems, he said.