Amazon founder pledges $2 billion for land restoration, sustainable agriculture and food consumption

At the global climate change summit in Glasgow this week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pledged "$2 billion over 10 years from his Bezos Earth Fund to support land restoration and encourage greater sustainability in agricultural production and food consumption," Michael Kavate reports for Inside Philanthropy. Though a lot of it will be spent in Africa, part of it "will focus on the United States, specifically landscapes key to carbon storage, biodiversity and local communities."

Though $2 billion sounds like a lot, it's about the same amount Bezos pledged in January just to address an affordable housing crunch in three cities where it operates major employment hubs. He also pledged $2 billion in 2018 to fight childhood homelessness and develop more preschools in low-income areas.

Bezos, who donated $10 billion to the Bezos Earth Fund last year, "also announced that Amazon in collaboration with Norway, the UK, and the U.S. would mobilize $1 billion to end deforestation by 2030," Marc Santora and Nicholas Kulish report for The New York Times.