Community and project stakeholders of Amazon's Right Now Climate Fund investment in the Soweto Klip River Corridor resotoration project.

Amazon has announced a R24 million (US $1.5 million) investment through its Right Now Climate Fund to support a transformative nature restoration and community resilience project in Soweto, Johannesburg.

Delivered by World Resources Institute (WRI), in collaboration with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), City of Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo, and GenderCC Southern Africa, the project is expected to restore degraded river landscapes, create hundreds of jobs, and train more than 1,000 women to turn restoration work into income-generating enterprises.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) technology will map urban heat and support officials with further climate adaptation planning across the city.

Implemented with local communities, the project centres on the restoration of 130 hectares of the Klip River corridor - a critical water source for Johannesburg and surrounding areas - by removing invasive species and solid waste, reintroducing indigenous vegetation, and stabilising riverbanks to enhance water quality, reduce flooding, and preserve local biodiversity. The project will also plant 20,000 trees across Soweto's neighbourhoods.