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Climate change doesn’t point to “humanity’s demise,” the Microsoft philanthropist says in a splashy memo addressed to a forthcoming climate jamboree in Brazil.

The plaque that previously labelled the statue read "author, poet, scholar, soldier, jurist, orator, philanthropist and philosopher".

Climate change "will not lead to humanity's demise," billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has argued in a long memo calling for a proportionate and pragmatic approach to tackling human-caused global warming.

Sirikit built a global image as a style icon and philanthropist, helping humanise the monarchy as Thailand navigated decades of transformation, including 10 military coups.

“She is running this on a day-to-day basis,” he says, “in a way that I’m not sure many other living philanthropists are.”