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McGuireWoods Consulting is representing the Bezos Earth Fund on urban greening initiatives.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos launched BEF in 2020 and committed $10B to be disbursed over ten years to groups addressing climate change and preserving nature.
In December, BEF announced $110M in grants. That amount included $50M to restore deforested and degraded landscapes in Africa; $30M to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to restore land and forests in the Northern Great Plains and pine ecosystem in the South; and $10M to support scientific breakthroughs to measure the impact of climate change on extreme weather conditions such as hurricanes, droughts and fires.
McGuire Woods Consulting team includes senior VP Mona Mohib, who was director of policy and communications at the Democratic Governors Assn.; and VP Clayton Cox, a former fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.
Edelman will develop and implement a communications strategy to promote the United Nations’
The climate events that we increasingly face are signals that the systems we rely on—transportation, energy, health, supply chains—are getting more vulnerable. Resilience begins with corporate responsibility. Communication bridges policy, purpose and public trust.
Join Krystal Noiseux, Associate Director of the MIT Climate Pathways Project at MIT Sloan School of Management, and Tony Cheevers of Researchscape International for a recorded O'Dwyers webinar covering how the MIT Climate Pathways project is using data in interactive simulations to advance the adoption of evidence-based climate policy through leaders in the public and private sector.
DGA Group has named climate advocate Karen Skelton as a senior advisor to help clients navigate the evolving energy transition landscape.
Brunswick Group has added climate and sustainability pro David Wei as a partner in its New York office, effective June 17.
