Jeff Bezos is throwing his weight \u2014 and wealth \u2014 behind the fight against climate change months after Amazon employees publicly pressured him and the company to do more to address the issue.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.enerjigazetesi.ist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jeff-bezosdan-iklim-degisikligi-ile-mucadeleye-yonelik-10-milyar-dolar-hibe.jpg\")
The Amazon (AMZN<\/span><\/strong>) CEO on Monday announced a new fund to back scientists, activists and organizations working to mitigate the impact of climate change. Bezos will commit $10 billion “to start,” he said in an Instagram post.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe initiative, called the Bezos Earth Fund, will begin giving out grants this summer. The $10 billion commitment constitutes less than 8% of the world’s richest man’s estimated $130 billion net worth. Even so, it is one of the biggest charitable pledges ever, according to a ranking<\/strong> by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, behind a $36 billion commitment by billionaire Warren Buffett in 2006 and an estimated $16.4 billion pledge<\/strong> by Helen Walton, the late wife of Walmart (WMT<\/span><\/strong>) founder Sam Walton, in 2007.<\/div>\n“Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet,” Bezos said in the post. “I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change.”<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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The Amazon (AMZN<\/span><\/strong>) CEO on Monday announced a new fund to back scientists, activists and organizations working to mitigate the impact of climate change. Bezos will commit $10 billion “to start,” he said in an Instagram post.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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