San Francisco: The world’s richest man on Tuesday announced a donation of $10 billion to fund scientists, activists and NGOs to help preserve and protect the Earth from climate change.
“Climate change is 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,’ said Bezos who is worth $130 billion.
This is one of the biggest charitable pledges ever, after $36 billion pledge by billionaire Warren Buffett in 2006 and $16.4 billion pledge by Helen Walton, the late wife of Walmart founder Sam Walton, in 2007.
“I’m committing $10 billion to start and will begin issuing grants this summer,” said Bezos.
“This global initiative will fund scientists, activists, NGOs a” any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world. We can save Earth,” he added.
Bezos said the fight against climate change has to be a collective action from big companies, small companies, nation states, global organisations and individuals.
Amazon recently announced a pledge to go carbon neutral by 2040.
Amazon said it is dedicated to building a supply chain model of operations which will minimise adverse environmental impact as it aims to decrease its dependence on non-renewable sources.
The 10,000 Indian EV commitment is in addition to the global commitment of deploying one lakh electric vehicles in the e-tailer’s delivery fleet by 2030, announced as part of the company’s Climate Pledge.
According to Amazon, the company was the first signatory of the Climate Pledge, promising to groom the e-tailer to be net zero carbon by 2040 across its businesses, almost 10 years ahead of Paris Accord’s 2050 goal.
–IANS
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