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UJeff Bezos wase-Amazon uthembisa u-$10 billion ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu


I-BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 6: I-CEO ye-Amazon u-Jeff Bezos ihambele i-Amazon Prime Video Golden Globe Awards After Party e-Beverly Hilton Hotel ngoJanuwari 6, 2019 e-Beverly Hills, eCalifornia. (Isithombe ngu-Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

Indoda ecebe kakhulu emhlabeni, umsunguli we-Amazon uJeff Bezos, ithembise u-$10 billion ukulwa nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. NgoMsombuluko, umemezele ukwethulwa kwe-Bezos Earth Fund ku-Instagram, ebhala: "Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuyingozi enkulu emhlabeni wethu." IBloomberg ilinganisela ukuthi uBezos ubiza amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-130, okusho ukuthi usebenzisa ngaphansi nje kwamaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili ayo yonke ingcebo yakhe.

UBezos uthi uzosebenzisana nongoti asebevele benza ucwaningo futhi belwela ukusindisa umhlaba. "Lesi sinyathelo somhlaba wonke sizoxhasa ososayensi, izishoshovu, ama-NGO - noma yimuphi umzamo onikeza ithuba langempela lokusiza ukulondoloza nokuvikela umhlaba wemvelo." Uqhubeka athi ukusindisa umhlaba kuzothatha izinyathelo ezihlangene ngamabhizinisi amakhulu (namancane), izinhlangano zomhlaba wonke, izifunda zezizwe, nabantu ngabanye.

Futhi i-$ 10 billion ngokusobala iyisiqalo nje, ngohlelo "lokuqala ukwenza izibonelelo kuleli hlobo." Akukhona okokuqala uBezos ekhuluma ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. NgoSepthemba 2019, i-Amazon yasungula ngokubambisana iThe Climate Pledge, eyabeka umgomo wokuhlangana nesivumelwano sezulu saseParis kusasele iminyaka eyi-10. Yize uMongameli uDonald Trump ememezele ngonyaka ka-2017 ukuthi i-United States izohoxa esivumelwaneni, i-Amazon izibophezele ekutheni izoba yingxenye ye-2040% ye-carbon neutral ngo-100. amandla avuselelekayo ngo-2030.

Ekhuluma engqungqutheleni ye-Amazon Smbhav eNew Delhi ngenyanga edlule, uthe: "Akekho namuhla oqaphela ukuthi ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kungokoqobo, ukuthi thina bantu sithinta le planethi." #39; indlela ebaluleke kakhulu neyingozi - laba bantu abanangqondo."