| By Linyi Zheng | Leaders from the IMF and the World Bank are streamlining debt restructuring protocols, enabling more effective steps to support climate action in Africa and around the world.
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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden spoke at Amazon HQ2 for the annual IMAGINE: Nonprofit conference as tech and ESG teams gathered to create social impact partnerships.
| By Josie Koehler | Venice, Italy, is taking measures to combat the adverse effects of mass tourism, announcing initiatives to restrict or ban loudspeakers and large tourist groups, and implementing an entry fee.
| By Ava Wong | Mining for critical minerals needed for clean energy disproportionately affects Indigenous people. DEI policies are therefore crucial for a culturally sustainable energy transition.
| By Linyi Zheng | ExxonMobil launched a legal offensive against ESG advocacy investment institutions Arjuna Capital and Follow This to stifle the organizations’ emission reduction proposals.
| By Eliana Pisons | The record-breaking heatwave caused by climate destruction is disrupting the intricate dance of the seasons that holds deep cultural significance in Japan.
| By Linyi Zheng | The European Parliament approved the new Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition to protect consumers from misleading marketing practices and aid them in making better purchasing decisions by prohibiting deceptive environmental claims.
| By Eliana Pisons | Japan has demonstrated its commitment to climate finance with the ambitious intention to issue $11 billion in climate transition bonds, set to be released in February.
| By Xuan Zhong | With the opening of its new geothermal energy plant in Nevada, Google is moving forward with its goal of being carbon-free by 2030.
| By Linyi Zheng | On November 8th the WMO announced that the El Niño weather pattern is expected to have a 90% chance to persist throughout the Northern Hemisphere winter until April 2024, contributing to the possible hottest year on record.