Bezos Earth Fund
The Bezos Earth Fund is helping transform the fight against climate change and nature loss with the largest ever philanthropic commitment to address these problems. Jeff Bezos has committed $10 billion in this decisive decade to protect nature and address climate change. By providing funding and expertise, we partner with organizations to accelerate innovation, break down barriers to success and create a more equitable and sustainable world. Join us in our mission to create a world where people prosper in harmony with nature.
Projects
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Leveraging drones with robust Data Collection for Cost-Effective and scalable remote Marine Carbon Removal benchmarking
Accurate seaweed biomass estimation is a major barrier to scaling marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR...
Engineering carbonation catalysts for scalable carbon removal within our built environment
Concrete, produced at 40 gigatons annually, can naturally soak up CO2 to form a scalable, durable and verifiable...
Identifying a ‘Super Sphagnum’ for cloning to aid carbon sequestration and methane removal
Sphagnum mosses are the most significant genus in the world for carbon sequestration as they form peat...
Algae-Based Carbon Removal and Long-Term Storage in Repurposed Oil Fields
This proposal addresses the problem of effectively capturing CO2 and creating long-term storage without...
Increasing funding for first-of-a-kind carbon dioxide removal projects by deploying novel insurance products
For first-of-a-kind (FOAK) climate infrastructure, like carbon dioxide removal (CDR), the leap from pilot...
Creating a Nonprofit Oil and Gas Company for Methane Abatement and Climate Impact
This project seeks to establish a nonprofit oil and gas company that will take over marginal leaky wells...
BioBloom: A technology for rapidly domesticating bacteria for carbon fixation
Exciting new approaches use bacteria to capture carbon, mitigate fertilizer use, or other climate interventions...
Direct Ocean Electrocapture (DOE): Harnessing Metal-Organic Frameworks for Electrochemical CO2 Removal from Seawater
The ocean serves as a vital CO2 sink, with over 100 times the CO₂ concentration of the atmosphere, making...
Exploring Geothermal-DAC Integration in Kenya: Evaluating the Impact of Hydrogen Sulphide on DAC adsorbents
Direct Air Capture (DAC) is recognized as the ‘gold standard’ for CO2 removal due to its durability and...
Smallholder farmer climate adaptation with Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW) based soil rejuvenation in sub-saharan Africa
Mati Carbon PBC uses basalt based enhanced rock weathering to remove carbon from the atmosphere while improving...
Hybrid Solar Chimney Power Plants: Advancing CH4 Removal and Renewable Energy with Enhanced Hydroxyl Radical Generation
To have a tangible impact on atmospheric methane levels, we need big ideas, e.g., gigantic air-moving devices...
A Decision Support Tool to Scale the use of Biochar in Mexico: Piloting the Development of a Global Biochar Atlas
The production and application of biochar simultaneously achieves carbon removal and sequestration. The...
Innovating MOF Adsorbents for Direct Air Capture: Enhancing Stability and Efficiency for Carbon Removal
Rising CO₂ levels are a major driver of climate change, and cutting emissions isn't enough—we need to remove...
