The Best of Gates Foundation
10+ most popular Gates Foundation articles, as voted by our community.
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Gates Foundation on Bill Gates
We didn’t see this coming
Nine things that have surprised us and inspired us to take action.
Gates Foundation on Career
5 things I wish I heard at the graduation I never had
Throughout my career, I’ve been lucky to give two commencement speeches: one to Harvard—the alma mater I never graduated from—in 2007, and another to Stanford in 2014. Today, I delivered my third to…
Gates Foundation on Philanthropy
The side of Paul Allen I wish more people knew about
Bill Gates talks about Paul Allen at the Forbes Philanthropy Summit, where he was posthumously honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy.
Gates Foundation on Renewable Energy
The surprising key to a clean energy future
If you care about climate change, you should care about transmission.
The state of the energy transition
My annual memo about the journey to zero emissions.
«When I first started learning about climate change 15 years ago, I came to three conclusions. First, avoiding a climate disaster would be the hardest challenge people had ever faced. Second, the only way to do it was to invest aggressively in clean-energy innovation and deployment. And third, we needed to get going.»
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Free online textbooks really work
And other lessons from a decade of making digital tools for teachers.
5 good books for a lousy year
In a year like this, sometimes you want to go deep on a tough issue. Other times you need a break.
COVID-19 is awful. Climate change could be worse.
But there are lessons from the current crisis that should guide our response to the next one.
This book put me to sleep
In a good way! The author explains the benefits of a good night’s rest.
How do we move around in a zero-carbon world?
We want more people to be able to travel without contributing to climate change.
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