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Jeff Bezos pledged $10 billion for climate change: Lauren Sánchez's $100 million plan is transforming unused spaces in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Pennsylvania, Indianapolis and other US cities

Lauren Sánchezis helping direct Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ $10 billion climate fund. In July this year, the fund announced a $100 million investment to turn unused spaces into parks and green community hubs in eight US cities, including Los Angeles, Atlanta, Cleveland and Indianapolis. Jeff Bezos launched the Bezos Earth…

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MacKenzie Scott has given away 5 times more than Jeff Bezos despite his $280 billion net worth, 8x greater fortune and 13x more Amazon stock

MacKenzie Scott has given away roughly five times more money than her ex-husband Jeff Bezos, even though Bezos has a $280 billion net worth, making him about eight times wealthier than Scott. He also owns nearly 13 times more Amazon stock than his former wife. Scott has donated almost $27…

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Lauren Sanchez’s journey from a teenage job at a New Mexico waterpark to luxury expeditions across world’s oceans comes into focus nearly four decades later, as her latest Galápagos trip draws attention

Lauren Sanchez's career evolved from a teenage waterpark job to marine conservation leadership. She now champions ocean protection as Vice Chair of the Bezos Earth Fund. Sanchez recently visited the Galápagos Islands to highlight shark importance. The Bezos Earth Fund supports significant marine conservation projects in the region. These initiatives…

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos launch $200 million project to save 100 of world's most threatened species, from salamanders and pangolins to rare pigs

A new $200 million Phoenix Species Project will support 100 critically endangered species. This initiative is a collaboration between Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund. The project aims to provide significant financial backing for long-term recovery programs. It will bolster existing conservation efforts and expand habitat protection initiatives. Local organizations…

The Times of India

Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio put $200 million behind 100 endangered species across 30 countries. The list includes rare lemurs and pangolins to a ‘living fossil’ echidna

Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio have launched a $200 million conservation project to help 100 critically endangered species across 30 countries, including rare lemurs, pangolins, salamanders, tortoises and echidnas. The Phoenix Species Project will fund habitat restoration, conservation breeding, disease management and invasive-species control with support from local communities and…

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Lauren Sánchez Bezos put $34 million behind reinventing what clothes are made of—and stirred a debate about Amazon

The grants go toward researching new fabrics including bacteria-grown fiber, spider-silk substitutes, and gene-edited cotton.

Fortune

Jeff Bezos's wife Lauren Sánchez could not afford a prom dress growing up. Now she and the Amazon founder are donating $34 million to fashion

In a significant philanthropic move, Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos have pledged $34 million towards cutting-edge sustainable textile research. This funding aims to advance the creation of biodegradable fibers and plastic-free synthetic silk. For Sanchez, this initiative is particularly meaningful, having faced personal hardships in her youth. The couple also…

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Jeff Bezos pledged $10 billion for climate change. With the 2030 clock ticking, his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, is leading the charge to spend it

The Bezos Earth Fund has disbursed about $2.4 billion so far. With less than four years left to deploy the rest, the couple’s philanthropy is accelerating—though it still trails MacKenzie Scott’s by billions.

Fortune

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez donate $34 million to develop plastic-free fabrics for sustainable fashion

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez have committed $34 million through the Bezos Earth Fund to develop sustainable, plastic-free textiles. The initiative supports research into next-generation fabrics, though challenges in scaling and ongoing criticism of Amazon’s environmental impact highlight the complexities of transforming the global fashion industry.

The Times of India

Jeff Bezos pledged $10 billion for climate change. With the 2030 clock ticking, his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, is leading the charge to spend it

The Bezos Earth Fund has disbursed more than $2 billion so far. With less than four years left to deploy the rest, the couple’s philanthropy is accelerating—though it still trails MacKenzie Scott’s by billions.

Fortune

The landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow global warming but the world has not stayed on it

Record heat waves and deadly weather disasters have punctuated a decade of missed climate targets.

Euronews

Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it

The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago

The Independent UK

Ten years after Paris, the world is still failing to meet its own climate promises, warns report

Despite record clean energy investment, coal, deforestation and fossil fuel finance are still rising, warns new report.

Euronews

Jeff Bezos fund ends support for climate group amid fears billionaires ‘bowing down’ to Trump

Concerns raised as $10bn Bezos Earth Fund halts funding for Science Based Targets initiative, which monitors companies’ decarbonisation

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The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy?

Jeff Bezos’s $10bn climate and biodiversity fund has garnered glittering prizes, but concerns have been voiced over the influence it can buy – and its interest in carbon offsets

The Independent UK

In fight to curb climate change, a grim report shows world is struggling to get on track

A new international report says the world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming in 41 of 42 important measurements and is even heading in the wrong direction in six crucial ways

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