Amazon founder Jeff Bezos makes $2 billion environmental pledge at COP26 summit
Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos on Tuesday pledged $2 billion in funding at the COP26 summit to help restore nature and transform food systems through the Bezos Earth Fund
By Arghyadeep Dutta
Published - Nov 02, 2021, 04:06 PM ET
Last Updated - Jun 21, 2024, 04:09 AM EDT
• The funding will come from Bezos Earth Fund, a $10 billion pledge to fight climate change this decade
• Even as the pledges Bezos flew to Glasgow in his private jet
Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos on Tuesday pledged $2 billion in funding at the COP26 summit to help restore nature and transform food systems through the Bezos Earth Fund.
The commitment made at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, will be put towards landscape restoration and food systems transformation, which will bring his total funding to $3 billion, following a separate $1 billion pledge made in September.
