If the UN can explain how $ 6 billion can solve the world’s hunger problem, I’m ready to sell Tesla shares now and solve it, the billionaire said in response to a call from David Beasley.
Carmaker Tesla and founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, said he was willing to spend some of his money to save humanity from starvation.
On Tuesday, it became clear that Musk had increased his personal fortune by between $ 25 billion and $ 36 billion, according to various estimates by Forbes magazine and Bloomberg, and according to the most optimistic estimates, he already owns $ 289 billion – more than anyone else. man in history.
And then the executive director of the UN World Food Program, David Beasley, called on Musk to donate funds to fight hunger to prevent a “catastrophe.”
According to CNN, only 2% of Musk’s fortune, which currently stands at nearly $ 289 billion, is needed to save people from starvation.
“If the UN can explain how $ 6 billion can solve the hunger problem in the world, I’m ready to sell Tesla shares now and settle it. But the financial statements need to be open so that the public can see exactly how the money is being spent, “Musk wrote on his Twitter account.
Earlier, Elon Musk, criticizing the proposal for a “tax on billionaires” in the United States, said he planned to spend his money to deliver humanity to Mars.
According to the director of the UN World Food Program, David Beasley, a “perfect storm” of crises is currently taking shape, including the global coronavirus pandemic and climate change, which will increase the risk of increasing hunger worldwide, like many countries, he said. , already “knocking on the door of hunger.”
According to a report by the World Food Program, only in Afghanistan, half of the country’s population – 22.8 million people – is facing an acute food shortage crisis. A total of 3.2 million children under the age of 5 are at risk, the report said.
Meanwhile, a series of new White House reports warn of the effects of climate change on global policy, and analysts say the effects will affect the world and create problems for governments. The reports also describe how climate change is a catalyst for new migration processes. This is the first time the US government has officially recognized the link between climate change and migration.
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