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===Climate change pledge=== [[File:Secretary Kerry Sits With Sir Richard Branson for a Discussion on Climate Change in Davos (24413230022).jpg|thumb|right|Branson discusses climate change with the [[United States Secretary of State]] [[John Kerry]] in 2016.]] In 2006, Branson made a high-profile pledge to invest $3 billion toward addressing [[global warming]] over the course of the following decade.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5368194.stm |title=Branson makes $3bn climate pledge |date=21 September 2006 |work=BBC News |access-date=29 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306215648/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5368194.stm |archive-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/science/22warmcnd.html |title=Branson Pledges Billions to Fight Global Warming |website=The New York Times |date=21 September 2006 |access-date=29 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702141403/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/science/22warmcnd.html |archive-date=2 July 2015 |url-status=live |last1=Revkin |first1=Andrew C. }}</ref> However, author and activist [[Naomi Klein]] has criticised Branson for contributing "well under $300 million" as of 2014, far below the originally stated goal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/13/richard-branson-failed-climate-change-pledge |title=Richard Branson failed to deliver on $3bn climate change pledge |website=The Guardian |date=13 September 2014 |access-date=29 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305074122/http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/13/richard-branson-failed-climate-change-pledge |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, Klein says Virgin airlines' [[greenhouse gas emissions]] increased considerably in the years following his pledge.<ref>{{cite book |last=Klein |first=Naomi |author-link=Naomi Klein |date=2014 |title=This Changes Everything}}{{ISBN?}}{{Page needed|date=July 2021}}</ref>
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