The Bezos Earth Fund has announced grants totaling $110 million to advance climate science globally and support nature conservation and restoration efforts in Africa and the United States.

Funding for restoration efforts includes $30 million to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to restore 1.25 million acres of land and forests in the Northern Great Plains and the longleaf pine ecosystem in the American South. In addition, the Bezos Earth Fund committed $50 million to accelerate AFR100, Africa’s locally led restoration movement, which aims to restore 100 million hectares of deforested and degraded landscapes by 2030. The pledge includes $27.2 million in support of One Tree Planted, One Acre Fund, World Resources Institute, and Realize Impact for restoration in the Greater Rusizi Basin and Great Rift Valley.

Funding in support of climate science advancement, monitoring, and governance includes a $10 million commitment to Climate Central, World Weather Attribution, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, and others for research that traces the impact of climate change on extreme weather events, as well as efforts to scale effective communication on these links in India, the United Kingdom, and U.S. Grants totaling $11 million were awarded to two initiatives to address voluntary carbon market governance and quality, including partnerships with C2ES in support of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market to establish and implement a widely trusted high-quality threshold standard for voluntary carbon credits and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors in support of the Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative, which will develop a code of practice for the legitimate use of carbon credits against ambitious voluntary climate goals. In addition, the fund awarded $2.35 million to Apolitical and its Government Climate Campus to develop curricula and train government officials in Brazil, India, and the U.S. on climate action.

“These grants are part of the Bezos Earth Fund’s $2 billion commitment to conserve and restore nature because it’s good for people, nature, and the planet,” said Bezos Earth Fund vice chair Lauren Sánchez. “Locally led initiatives can help us fight climate change and protect biodiversity globally, and we are proud to work with partners on the ground to advance these efforts.”

For a complete list of recent grants, see the Bezos Earth Fund website.

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