Bill Gates and the EU announced that the union and Breakthrough Energy — an investor group led by Gates — will together launch a €100 million clean energy investment fund to combat climate change in 2019. Gates is currently in Brussels working on the pilot project on behalf of the investor group, which counts other world renown billionaires such as Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg, Jack Ma, and Richard Branson. Gates met with Carlos Moedas — EU‘s Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation — to sign a momentous agreement which will create “a joint investment fund to help innovative European companies develop…

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