Jeff Bezos is one of the founding funders of Prince William's Earthshot Prize.
Mostly true True in substance, wrong in a detail.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
What would count as true or false
True if the Earthshot Prize or the Royal Foundation lists the Bezos Earth Fund or Jeff Bezos among its Founding Partners or founding funders as of November 2021. Mostly true if the Bezos Earth Fund (rather than Bezos personally) is listed as a founding partner. Mixed if Bezos or his fund is listed as a funder but not as a founding one. Mostly false if a Bezos-linked entity gave money but joined clearly later and is not described as founding. False if neither Bezos nor his fund was a funder of the Earthshot Prize.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (3)
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E1 2021 Impact Review (Earthshot Prize Impact Report) The Earthshot Prize · February 2022
“GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOUNDING PARTNERS Aga Khan Development Network Bezos Earth Fund Bloomberg Philanthropies”
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E2 New Grants from the Bezos Earth Fund Emphasize Climate Justice, Pro-Jobs Climate Action, and Innovation in Decarbonization PR Newswire (source: Bezos Earth Fund) · 8 September 2021 Own record
“Additional grants include The Earthshot Prize ($4.2 million) to discover, spotlight, and scale solutions to the world's greatest environmental challenges”
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E3 Earthshot Prize - Wikipedia Wikipedia · 20 December 2020 Own record
“The project is funded by donations from philanthropists and charitable organisations including: Aga Khan Development Network,[9] Bloomberg Philanthropies, DP World in partnership with Dubai Expo 2020,[10] the Jack Ma Foundation, the World Wide Fund for Nature, Greenpeace, and the Bezos Earth Fund.[11][12][13]”
Reasoning
The Earthshot Prize's 2021 Impact Review [E1] lists the Bezos Earth Fund under "Global Alliance Founding Partners." That makes it a founding partner as of the 2021 period. A Bezos Earth Fund release [E2] also records a $4.2 million grant to the Earthshot Prize. The listing names the Bezos Earth Fund, not Jeff Bezos personally, and the criteria count that case as mostly true.
Cite this claim
Jeff Bezos, “Jeff Bezos is one of the founding funders of Prince William's Earthshot Prize.” (said 2 November 2021). Verdict: mostly true. Reliability API, claim c_d8348b6fa2ed, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_d8348b6fa2ed
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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More factual claims by Jeff Bezos
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Resolved true
“The Prince of Wales has been involved in fighting climate change and protecting our beautiful world far longer than most.”
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Resolved true
“We had a chance to discuss these important issues on the eve of #COP26 — looking for solutions to heal our world, and how the @BezosEarthFund can help.”
Jeff Bezos discussed climate issues with the Prince of Wales on the eve of COP26.
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Resolved true
“I have also personally allocated $10 billion to provide grants to help catalyze the systemic change we will need in the coming decade.”
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Mixed
“But we did get a couple of life saving drugs.”
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Mostly true
“It’s a perfect example that all of that fiber, fiber optic cable that got laid and by the way, the companies who laid all that cable went out of business.”
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