Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pledged a fraction of his personal fortune to the new Bezos Earth Fund, but the sheer amount of money is a game changer for climate research and advocacy. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may very well have fundamentally changed the fight against climate change this week. In an Instagram post Monday, the world’s richest man committed $10 billion of his personal fortune to set up the new Bezos Earth Fund, which would support “scientists, activists, NGOs—any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world.” The announcement was light on specifics, and it’s not clear yet how the money will be spent . But climate experts say it’s a massive investment that could help give the warming planet a fighting chance—so long as it isn’t squandered. Ten billion dollars may not seem like a sizable sum for people in the market […]