The $10 bn Bezos Earth Fund has reportedly halted its funding for the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The SBTi is an international body, supposedly monitoring whether major companies are decarbonising in line with the Paris accord (the aim to limit the increase in world temperatures to 1.5 degrees Centigrade above pre-industrial levels). It appears that the US mega-rich are withdrawing funding support for any cause that's an anathema to ruling climate change denialists (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/jeff-bezos-climate-group-trump-bezos-earth-fund-science-based-targets-initiative-decarbonisation-aoe). The rich are major producers of 'greenhouse gases'. 10% of folk produce nearly 50% of the planet's total emissions. The mega-rich account for the 'lion's share' as this. Now, they appear frightened to even 'greenwash' themselves.
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