Jeff Bezos announces Earth Fund to tackle climate change
Kicking it off with $10bn, the fund will begin to issue grants in a few months, with Bezos saying, ‘We can save Earth’
18 February 2020 - 11:58
San Francisco/Seattle — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has announced that he has created the Bezos Earth Fund, his biggest-ever philanthropic investment to help counter the effects of climate change.
Bezos is starting with $10bn and will begin to issue grants in a few months. “It’s going to take collective action from big companies, small companies, nation states, global organisations and individuals,” he said on Monday in a post on Instagram. “We can save Earth.”..
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