AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge — Phase II (Implementation)
Supports AI implementation teams addressing biodiversity loss, climate change, and food insecurity globally.
Phase II of the Bezos Earth Fund's AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge awarded up to $2 million each to 15 global teams, for a total committed investment of $30 million, announced on October 23, 2025. The 15 awardees were drawn exclusively from Phase I grantees — organizations that had received $50,000 seed grants in May 2025 and successfully competed through a Virtual Innovation Sprint that…
AI implementation projects addressing biodiversity loss, climate change, and food insecurity across five continents, funded at up to $2 million per team for a two-year period.
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