"The claim that Bill Gates stated he wanted to depopulate the Earth has been widely misinterpreted and taken out of context. In his 2010 TED Talk titled "Innovating to zero!", Gates discussed the need to reduce carbon emissions and mentioned that improving health care, including through vaccines and reproductive health services, could lead to a decrease in population growth. His point was that by reducing child mortality rates, parents would feel less need to have large families, thereby naturally reducing population growth over time."