Bill Gates claims ‘climate change’ is ‘pushing down the productivity’ of African crop farms – But crop yields since 1961 are steadily increasing with recent years seeing record highs

Billionaire Bill Gates claims, in a now-viral clip from a 2022 talk, that a one part per 10,000 increase in CO₂ concentration is “pushing down the productivity” of crop farms / agriculture in Africa.

This is an easily testable claim.

The chart presented below shows… https://t.co/6dRORzfk9j pic.twitter.com/TEgaOr90bX

— Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) December 26, 2024

Bill Gates: “Population growth and climate change”, if left unaddressed, will cause “huge amounts of starvation”.

“Climate change is the biggest threat to our food supply since the invention of agriculture.” pic.twitter.com/N03NWjbNgX

— Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) December 23, 2024