Jeff Bezos Announces The First Of $10 Billion Donations To Fight Climate Change

Back in February, the founder, CEO, and president of Amazon announced that he’s launching the Bezos Earth Fund and pledging to donate $10 billion to various organizations fighting climate change. “Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet,” he wrote in his Instagram post announcing the launch. “This global initiative will fund scientists, activists, NGOs—any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world.”

This Monday, Bezos announced 16 organizations that will be receiving the first $791 million from the fund.

Back in February, Jeff Bezos announced the launch of the Bezos Earth Fund

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“I’ve spent the past several months learning from a group of incredibly smart people who’ve made it their life’s work to fight climate change and its impact on communities around the world. I’m inspired by what they’re doing, and excited to help them scale,” Bezos wrote in his Instagram post announcing the first donations.

Bezos pledged to donate $10 billion to various organizations fighting climate change

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“Today, I’m pleased to announce the first Bezos Earth Fund recipients—16 organizations working on innovative, ambitious, and needle-moving solutions. This $791 million in donations is just the beginning of my $10 billion commitment to fund scientists, activists, NGOs, and others. We can all protect Earth’s future by taking bold action now,” reads Bezos’ post.

On Monday, Bezos announced 16 organizations that will be receiving the first $791 million from the fund

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Here are the 16 organisations that will be receiving the first donations from the Bezos Eart Fund: The Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund, ClimateWorks Foundation, Dream Corps Green For All, Eden Reforestation Projects, Energy Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, The Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Nature Conservancy, NDN Collective, Rocky Mountain Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, The Solutions Project, Union of Concerned Scientists, World Resources Institute, and World Wildlife Fund.