Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pledges $2bn for restoring nature COP26BBC
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has said his Bezos Earth Fund will spend $2bn restoring landscapes and transforming food systems.
He told the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow that he had grasped nature's fragility when he travelled into space. Entrepreneurs including Mr Bezos have been criticised for spending money on trips into space instead of solving problems on Earth.Speaking to the COP26 conference, Mr Bezos said: "In too many parts of the world, nature is already flipping from a carbon sink to a carbon source."Should there be limits on meat eating? And more questions
In Glasgow the founder of the world's biggest online retailer described the experience of travelling on his rocket ship, New Shepard, in July as a revelation of Earth's vulnerability. "I was told that seeing the Earth from space changes the lens from which you view the world but I was not prepared for just how much that would be true," he said.Governments must promise more ambitious cuts in warming gases if we are to prevent greater global temperature rises.You need to watch for the promises made by the world's biggest polluters, like the US and China, and whether poorer countries are getting the support they need.
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