Tag: Bezos Earth Fund

Bezos Earth Fund to accelerate 48 transformative climate and nature solutions in collaboration with The Earthshot Prize

Stuart Mitchell

The Bezos Earth Fund announced a collaboration to fund 48 pioneering solutions over the next three years with The Earthshot Prize. The initiative will identify and support innovators from The Earthshot Prize’s global pool of nominations which have not been selected as Finalists for the Prize, helping accelerate transformative projects that drive meaningful progress in climate mitigation and nature protection. The Bezos Earth Fund will provide $4.8 million, over three years, to back 16 solutions each year. The projects will be sourced from the extensive network of high-impact environmental innovations…

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Nuclear Scaling Initiative secures $3.5M to advance U.S. reactor orderbook

Stuart Mitchell

The Nuclear Scaling Initiative (NSI) has announced a $3.5 million philanthropic commitment from the Bezos Earth Fund to accelerate the responsible deployment of nuclear energy in the United States as a source of secure, clean, reliable power. The grant will directly support NSI’s effort to facilitate an orderbook — a model that brings together multiple buyers to commit to building the same proven reactor design — for new large reactor builds of mature design in the United States.   An orderbook is one of the solutions that NSI — a partnership between Clean Air Task Force, the EFI Foundation, and…

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Brazil Announces Expanded Commitment to Community-Led Conservation in the Amazon

Stuart Mitchell

The government of Brazil and a broad coalition of partners expanded their commitment to conserving the Amazon with the launch of a new initiative — ARPA Comunidades (ARPA Communities). Over 15 years, ARPA Comunidades will benefit more than 130,000 people and reduce deforestation pressure in 60 sustainable-use protected areas spanning 58.6 million acres, an area twice the size of Ohio. This move cements community leadership and sustainable community livelihoods as essential to the long-term protection of the Amazon. ARPA Comunidades builds on two decades of impact through the Amazon Region…

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New ‘Protecting Our Planet Challenge’ represents $5 billion commitment to conserve 30% of planet by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

At the September 22, 2021 “Transformative Action for Nature and People” event in New York, nine organizations joined together to pledge an unprecedented $5 billion over the next 10 years to support the creation, expansion, management and monitoring of protected and conserved areas of land, inland water and sea, working with Indigenous Peoples, local communities, civil society and governments. This watershed announcement — to fund efforts to reach 30×30 global goal by strengthening and expanding protected areas and support to Indigenous Guardianship of traditional territory — marks the largest private…

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