Welcome to Zero. I'm Akshadrati. This week, Innovation, the U.S. Climate Bill, and the bill behind the bill.

My guest today, Bill Gates, hardly needs an introduction. As the co-founder of Microsoft, he has

amassed one of the world's largest fortunes, virtually all of which he has promised to give

away, mostly through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He's also known for his forays

into funding new climate technologies. In 2015, he created Breakthrough Energy, an accelerator for

green technologies. It has a multi-billion dollar venture capital arm that has invested in nearly

100 companies and a non-profit arm that influences policy and conversations around climate solutions.

In 2021, he published a book called How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,

where he makes an impassioned case for innovation

and its essential role in changing our physical economy.

But he is also realistic about the time frame it's going to take.

So when people say to me, hey, we love your climate stuff

because we can tell Putin, we don't need him, I say, me, hey, we love your climate stuff because we can tell Putin we don't

need him.

I say, yeah, 10 years from now, call him up and tell him you don't need him.

The amount of time needed to bring innovations to scale is one reason why Bill is so keen

to make sure governments act on climate.

Most recently, he was an influential voice

behind the landmark U.S. climate bill

called the Inflation Reduction Act.

I sat down with Bill in August

before President Joe Biden signed that legislation

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