Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who wrote a book in 2021 titled, "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster," now says leaders need to shift their approach to climate change.

In a letter published Tuesday ahead of next week's COP30 U.N. climate summit, Gates argued that too many resources are focused on emissions and the environment, and that more money should go toward "improving lives" and curbing disease and poverty.

"Climate is super important but has to be considered in terms of overall human welfare," Gates told CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin in an exclusive interview. "I didn't pick that position because everybody agrees with it – it's I think intellectually the right answer."

In the letter, Gates called out the "doomsday view" of climate change and said leaders need to make a "strat

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