In the two years since its founding, the Bezos Earth Fund has developed a philanthropic strategy that relies on partnering with other foundations and key donors — including governments and corporations — to tackle what it believes are some of the biggest and most underfunded issues within climate change.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced plans to launch the initiative in 2020 with an initial pledge of $10 billion over 10 years. At the time, he called climate change “the biggest threat to our planet.”
“I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on the planet we all share,” he wrote in an Instagram post.