Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has pledged $10bn (£7.7bn) to help fight climate change. - BBC
The world's richest man said the money would finance work by scientists, activists and other groups. Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos will commit $10bn to fund scientists, activists, nonprofits and other groups fighting to protect the environment and counter the effects of climate change, he said on Monday.
Bezos is already an investor in Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a fund whose mission is to finance the development of technologies that can mitigate climate change and reduce the use of fossil fuels and carbon emissions in industries, including energy generation, food production, and manufacturing.