Gates: Improving Lives

This new series of Horizons explores the technologies and innovations that could transform the way we live our lives over the next few decades. Where will the breakthroughs come from to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the planet. Cheaper, cleaner energy, enough food and water for a growing population, cities that work and advances in medicine that allow people to live longer, happier and healthier lives. Each programme will take one major topic and explore from different viewpoints and multi-locations. Adam Shaw will interview experts in each episode � whether a CEO, scientist or opinion former. In this special edition of Horizons, Adam Shaw meets Bill and Melinda Gates. They talk about their goal of improving the world by funding projects through the Gates Foundation.