Amazon's Climate Fund Drives Global Nature Restoration
Amazon is mobilizing its $100 million Right Now Climate Fund to support large-scale nature protection and restoration projects across the globe. In line with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) findings, which stress that protecting natural ecosystems is critical to meeting Paris Agreement goals, the fund is driving climate action in 16 countries. These initiatives focus on scientifically-grounded solutions to achieve fundamental systems change. Specific projects highlight the fund's diverse application. In France, the investment will support the preservation and management of an estimated 600,000 square meters of land, an area larger than 80 football fields. In Berlin, the fund is providing €1 million to plant 'tiny forests,' each the size of a tennis court. These dense, biodiverse plots will contain over 650 native plants from 25 different species, helping the city build resilience against climate change effects. Beyond direct funding, Amazon is championing collaboration across industries to accelerate nature protection. The company is supporting the development of a free, standardized European biodiversity metric, a tool designed to help businesses measure and manage their impact on nature. Amazon emphasizes that such collaborative efforts are essential for protecting and restoring biodiversity, complementing its own public goal to return more water to communities than it uses in its AWS direct operations.
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The fund aims to mitigate the impacts of climate change, enhance biodiversity and climate resilience, and add green space to urban areas. To date, it has restored more than 49,000 hectares of land and safeguarded more than 1,900 species across 16 countries. Get the latest updates on how we’re ...
Click to see our Advertising Guidelines ... you by Amazon · The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes it clear that meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement requires large-scale protection and restoration of natural ecosystems. Climate solutions grounded in science are critical to achieving the fundamental systems change ...
Amazon supports development of free European biodiversity metric to accelerate nature protection
Amazon contributes to nature conservation and restoration through collaborative investments, including a commitment of $100 million to protect and restore nature through the Right Now Climate Fund. Amazon has public goals to return more water to communities than we use in AWS direct operations ...
Amazon’s Right Now Climate Fund providing €1 million to plant “tiny forests” in Berlin
Each forest will be the size of a tennis court and will be planted with over 650 native plants from 25 different species, with the intention to help Berlin build resilience against effects of climate change. Amazon is funding this project through our Right Now Climate Fund (RNCF), a $100 million ...
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