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  What we  do   in a  short timespan  will determine the future of humanity for the next 10,000 years. Climate scientists believe that any increase in average global temperatures beyond 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial  levels  w ill lead to dangerous climate change, causing large-scale desertification, crop failure, inundation of coastal cities, mass migration to higher and cooler ground  and  widespread extinctions. This surely is an apocalyptic utopian vision of the future that has to be avoided. I magine a rise in global temperatures that causes weather systems to be unpredictable and inconsistent , t o the extent of- melting ice at the North Pole causing rising sea levels ,  which could put low-lying island nations such as the Maldives, under the sea. We live a cushy life of capitalist consumption today  withi n the shadow of a future disaster of our own making. A n on-line  review of the current climate science has suggested the urgent necessity for a deep transformation by

  Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have two things in common: they are both billionaires and they are both philanthropists. However the greedy 21st century capitalist experiment has taught us to be sceptic of billionaire philanthropi sts as wolves dressed up in generous sheep’s clothing.  According to the Billionaire Index the former has a net worth of US102.5 billion dollars and the latter is valued US 137.2 billion. In November 2021 Bloomberg .com reported that Jeff Bezos charitable fund donated US $100 million dollars to 32 recipients from 21 States in the United States; most of the money went to housing charities. Since 1994 Bill and Melinda Gates have become global trend-setters among the billionaire class. During this period they have given a whopping total of US $50 billion in charity through the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. According to the foundation, $912 million of this money is earmarked to fight diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the global south. How theref