Jeff Bezos Just Gave $433 Million To Climate Groups

Jeff Bezos Just Gave $433 Million To Climate Groups

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces the co-founding of The Climate Pledge at the National Press Club on ... [+] September 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. The donations were made through the Bezos Earth Fund, which Bezos launched last year with a $10 billion commitment over 10 years to address climate change, which he called "the biggest threat to our planet." So far, the fund says it has distributed $1. 4 billion in grants to nonprofits, NGOs and researchers working on the issue. The latest round of grants went to 44 organizations, with more than half of the total—$261 million—going toward protecting forests and other ecosystems in the Congo Basin and the Tropical Andes. About $130 million went to organizations focused on climate justice for disadvantaged communities in America and another $51 million went toward land restoration in the U. S. and Africa. Some of the largest individual grants were awarded to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which got $40 million, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for $30 million, and the GRID Alternatives' Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund, which got $12 million to help Native American communities install solar panels. Bezos—who is the second-richest person in the world, worth an estimated $199