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Bezos Earth Fund Announces $22.8 Million for Locally Led Restoration in Africa

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tisdag, september 5, 2023
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bezos Earth Fund today announces $22.8 million to accelerate the restoration of two African landscapes critical for carbon sequestration, biodiversity and human wellbeing: the Greater Rift Valley in Kenya and the Lake Kivu and Rusizi River Basin in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.

Key Points: 
  • Bezos Earth Fund President and CEO Andrew Steer announced this funding at the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • The funding is part of the Earth Fund's $1 billion commitment to landscape restoration globally.
  • "Already, Africa is home to some of our planet's greatest restoration successes, and this funding will support locally led restoration to re-green our beautiful African continent."
  • Barka Fund, an African impact fund and technical assistance provider, to deliver pre and post-investment training and secure private investment in restoration enterprises.

This Week in Environment News: 9 Stories You Need to See

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fredag, juli 21, 2023
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the environment industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.

Key Points: 
  • A roundup of the week's most newsworthy environment industry press releases from PR Newswire, including a $50 million fund to protect forests in developing countries.
  • NEW YORK, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire.
  • To help journalists covering the environment industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
  • The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story.

Bezos Earth Fund Announces $400 Million for Greening in Underserved Urban U.S. Communities

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måndag, juli 17, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bezos Earth Fund announces today a $400 million commitment to enhance green spaces in underserved urban U.S. communities with more parks, trees, and community gardens. The Greening America's Cities initiative launches with $50 million for urban greening efforts in five cities–Albuquerque, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Wilmington, Delaware–and will expand to new U.S. cities through 2030.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bezos Earth Fund announces today a $400 million commitment to enhance green spaces in underserved urban U.S. communities with more parks, trees, and community gardens.
  • "Access to nature is deeply unequal, and the importance of green spaces to underserved communities is often overlooked and unaddressed," said Lauren Sánchez, Vice Chair of the Bezos Earth Fund.
  • "We're excited to help green underserved communities throughout the U.S.," said Jeff Bezos, Executive Chair of the Bezos Earth Fund.
  • I commend the Bezos Earth Fund for investing in our community and communities like Pacoima across the country.

Groundbreaking grassroots-run Fund for Frontline Power awards $5 million in grants to 48 frontline climate justice organizations across the nation

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måndag, juli 17, 2023
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OAKLAND, Calif., July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In a milestone moment for climate philanthropy, the grassroots climate justice leaders who make up the Governing Body of the Fund for Frontline Power have announced the fund's inaugural slate of over $5 million in grants to 48 diverse groups working on the front lines of the climate crisis.

Key Points: 
  • "The communities and places represented are only a small sample of the power and wisdom across frontline communities, and so are the impactful climate justice projects we are honored to fund.
  • The Fund for Frontline Power supports community-based, equitable climate solutions that cut greenhouse gas emissions, facilitate resilience, strengthen local regenerative economies, and build power on the front lines of the climate crisis.
  • These requests totaled over $60 million, demonstrating the growing demand for funding frontline climate solutions.
  • The climate justice movement created the Fund for Frontline Power in response to the massive first round of Bezos Earth Fund (BEF) grants in 2020, which vastly favored large, white-led, well-resourced organizations.

The Bezos Earth Fund announces $50 million in grants for the protection and sustainable development of the Brazilian Amazon

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fredag, juni 30, 2023
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BRASÍLIA, Brazil, June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bezos Earth Fund today announced it has awarded $50 million in grants to support conservation and sustainable development in the Amazon.

Key Points: 
  • BRASÍLIA, Brazil, June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bezos Earth Fund today announced it has awarded $50 million in grants to support conservation and sustainable development in the Amazon.
  • "The future of the Brazilian Amazon is critical to our planet and to the Indigenous Peoples and local communities who call it home," said Lauren Sánchez, Vice Chair of the Earth Fund.
  • "Prosperity and sustainability can go hand in hand — protecting the Amazon Rainforest is good for people and for the planet."
  • The Earth Fund granted the Environmental Defense Fund, leading Brazilian NGOs, and Indigenous organizations $9.7 million to provide training and legal and logistical support to Indigenous and community leaders in two Brazilian States.

Collapse of the Climate House of Cards Speeds Up with New CLINTEL Report on IPCC says Friends of Science

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onsdag, juni 28, 2023
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CALGARY, Alberta, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Catastrophic climate change proclamations by UN Sec. Gen. Antonio Guterres such as his March 23, 2023 statement that 'climate change is making earth uninhabitable' were given another blow as CLINTEL issued "The Frozen Views of Climate of the IPCC" on May 25, 2023, says Friends of Science Society. CLINTEL's assessment of the latest reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reveals that there is no climate emergency. Media and officials like UN Sec. Gen. Guterres have been misleading the public with statements like "Code Red for humanity" when this is not what the IPCC Working Group I Physical Sciences report says. See CLINTEL's open letter to Dr. Hoesung Lee.

Key Points: 
  • CLINTEL's assessment of the latest reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reveals that there is no climate emergency.
  • As the climate house of cards crumbles, efforts are being made to criminalize climate dissent as explained in this Friends of Science video .
  • Friends of Science Society produced a video challenging the Bank of Canada on its first climate risk assessment report, incorporating Weinkle's findings.
  • Robert Lyman's latest report assesses the economics of global climate policy and finds decarbonization and NetZero is "Not Worth the Money. "

NFWF Announces Record $18 Million in Conservation Grants to Restore Iconic Longleaf Pine Ecosystem

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torsdag, juni 15, 2023
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This strategic plan for longleaf aims to restore 8 million acres of longleaf pine habitat to benefit imperiled species.

Key Points: 
  • This strategic plan for longleaf aims to restore 8 million acres of longleaf pine habitat to benefit imperiled species.
  • Grantees will engage private landowners through workshops, trainings and one-on-one technical assistance to restore and maintain longleaf pine habitat on their lands.
  • The longleaf pine ecosystem once covered more than 90 million acres across the Southeastern coastal plain and piedmont.
  • The fund combines its partners’ financial and technical resources to accelerate the restoration of the longleaf pine ecosystem while implementing the Range-Wide Conservation Plan for Longleaf Pine as part of ALRI.

Kenya's President Ruto appoints Joseph Ng'ang'a of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet as CEO of the Africa Climate Summit

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fredag, juni 9, 2023
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The summit marks a critical staging post for African countries and the world to achieve its climate goals.

Key Points: 
  • The summit marks a critical staging post for African countries and the world to achieve its climate goals.
  • Simon Harford, CEO of GEAPP said: "GEAPP is delighted to support the vision of President Ruto and the African Union Commission.
  • This summit will generate transformative change by accelerating collaboration and climate action, mobilising climate finance and renewable energy adoption, and implementing nature-based solutions.
  • Mr Ng'ang'a was joined at State House in Nairobi, by Simon Harford, CEO GEAPP, and William Asiko, Vice-President, The Rockefeller Foundation Africa.

Kenya's President Ruto appoints Joseph Ng'ang'a of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet as CEO of the Africa Climate Summit

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fredag, juni 9, 2023
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The summit marks a critical staging post for African countries and the world to achieve its climate goals.

Key Points: 
  • The summit marks a critical staging post for African countries and the world to achieve its climate goals.
  • Simon Harford, CEO of GEAPP said: "GEAPP is delighted to support the vision of President Ruto and the African Union Commission.
  • This summit will generate transformative change by accelerating collaboration and climate action, mobilising climate finance and renewable energy adoption, and implementing nature-based solutions.
  • Mr Ng'ang'a was joined at State House in Nairobi, by Simon Harford, CEO GEAPP, and William Asiko, Vice-President, The Rockefeller Foundation Africa.

New Study Finds Cancelling Coal Plants as Cost-Effective Way to Cut Global CO2 Emissions

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tisdag, maj 30, 2023
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JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), a leading energy and environment think tank based in Jakarta, Indonesia, released a first-of-its-kind analysis, commissioned by The Rockefeller Foundation, which examines what it would take to prevent planned coal plants from being built. Delivering Indonesia's Power Sector Transition found that nine coal plants in Indonesia could be cancelled with minimal repercussions for supply or grid stability and affordability, while avoiding an estimated 295 million tons of CO2 emissions. The study recommends cancelling planned, permitted, or pre-permitted plants as one of the most cost-effective and environmentally impactful approaches to accelerating just energy transitions in Indonesia.

Key Points: 
  • Delivering Indonesia's Power Sector Transition found that nine coal plants in Indonesia could be cancelled with minimal repercussions for supply or grid stability and affordability, while avoiding an estimated 295 million tons of CO2 emissions.
  • The study recommends cancelling planned, permitted, or pre-permitted plants as one of the most cost-effective and environmentally impactful approaches to accelerating just energy transitions in Indonesia.
  • Our team used satellite images to track plants' development progress over time," said Fabby Tumiwa, Executive Director of IESR.
  • IESR's analysis found that cancelling the nine plants:
    Would avert 295 million tons of CO2 emissions.