Bezos Earth Fund Leads $225 Million Plan to Protect the Pacific
Island states vulnerable to climate change are leaving COP28 with a $225 million commitment from two organizations to help protect 30% of the Pacific Ocean.
A reef in Palau. A number of Pacific island countries have created large marine reserves over the past decade.
Photo courtesy of Yen-Yi Lee / The Ocean Agency
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Year after year, leaders of Pacific island states have left the United Nations climate conference empty-handed as industrialized countries politely ignore their pleas to take bold action to stem rising seas that threaten their millennia-old civilizations. At COP28, at least, they’re departing Dubai with a $225 million commitment to help protect 30% of the Pacific Ocean from climate change.