Apple Restore Fund info
- $200 million forest conservation fund
- Projects selected by Forest Stewardship Council and Verra
- Public participation: each Apple Pay (ewallet) payment contributes to the fund (quantum not specified, until Earth Day only)
Elon Musk Carbon Removal Competition info
- $100 million purse prize, four year global competition
- Challenge: pull CO2 direct from the atmosphere or oceans
- Registration opens on Earth Day
Google Impact Challenge on Climate info
- €10 million fund for European startups, partner: Climate-KIC
- 11 startups chosen, including: ClimateFarmers (regenerative agriculture), Materiom (nature has over billions of years produced vast amount of materials - without toxic landfills, waste or plastic), DarkMatterLabs (trees are infrastructure as much as roads)
Bill Gates Breakthrough Energy info