Amazon founder set to pledge more than £700 million for Africa land restoration
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Jeff Bezos made the announcement during an event at Cop26 also attended by the Prince of Wales and French President Emmanuel Macron. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is set to pledge £732 million for land restoration in Africa.
At an event at Cop26 in Glasgow alongside the Prince of Wales French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen the billionaire said he would match a previous contribution made through his Bezos Earth Fund.
The fund has pledged 10 billion dollars (£7 million) to tackle climate change. Tomorrow we will be making an equivalent commitment to landscape restoration with a major focus on Africa
The event centre around the Great Green Wall initiative, which aims to plant more than 20 million trees across 8,000 kilometres traversing the width of Africa to counter desertification on the continent.
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At an event at Cop26 in Glasgow alongside the Prince of Wales French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen the billionaire said he would match a previous contribution made through his Bezos Earth Fund.
The fund has pledged 10 billion dollars (£7 million) to tackle climate change. Tomorrow we will be making an equivalent commitment to landscape restoration with a major focus on Africa
The event centre around the Great Green Wall initiative, which aims to plant more than 20 million trees across 8,000 kilometres traversing the width of Africa to counter desertification on the continent.
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Africa
Great Green Wall (GGW)
land restoration
Conference of the Parties ( COP)