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The White House has announced funding for global initiatives totaling more than $1 billion with other governments, the private sector, foundations, and multilateral organizations to help close the digital divide, improve meaningful access to equitable digital finance and other online services, and address social norms that prevent women from participating fully in the digital economy.

The Bezos Earth Fund has announced $34.5 million in grants to improve greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and disclosure efforts and advance food systems transformation in developing countries—part of the fund’s $10 billion commitment to climate action announced in 2020.