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2023 C.E. October 3
Countries pledge to raise $12 billion to fund coral reef protection
The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) said it would secure a massive public and private investment to help conserve and restore coral ecosystems, which sustain a quarter of the world's marine species and more than a billion people.
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2023 C.E. October 3
European Union launches world’s carbon border tariff
The European Union has launched the initial phase of the world's first system to impose CO2 emissions tariffs on carbon-intensive imports like iron and steel, as it tries to stop more polluting foreign products from undermining its green transition.
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2023 C.E. October 3
Delaware bans LGBTQ+ panic defense with overwhelming bipartisan support
The panic defense is a legal defense strategy used to justify violent crimes against LGBTQ+ people due to a perpetrator “panicking” over discovering their victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The state Senate voted unanimously to ban this harmful legal strategy.
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2023 C.E. October 2
Remote Caribbean island of Redonda transformed into huge nature reserve
It’s one of many remote islands around the world’s seas that, with a helping hand, have rid themselves of invasive animals and plants and returned to supporting the land, water, and air around them.
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2023 C.E. October 2
National Museum of Scotland returns stolen totem pole to Nisga’a people after 100 years
It was a historic "rematriation" for the Indigenous nation of around 600 people in what is now known to many as Canada's British Columbia. The return of the Ni'isjoohl pole could also set a precedent in a broader repatriation movement gaining steam around the world.
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2023 C.E. October 2
World Health Organization approves second malaria vaccine for children
The R21/Matrix-M vaccine, developed at Oxford University, is expected to offer countries a cheaper and more readily available option than the world’s first shot against the parasitic disease.
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2023 C.E. October 1
Harvard University inaugurates Claudine Gay as school’s first Black president
Gay received her Ph.D. in government from Harvard in 1998 and joined the Harvard faculty in 2006. She previously served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She is now the President of perhaps the world's most prestigious university.
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2023 C.E. October 1
Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since the Sandy Hook shooting
The new law bans the open carrying of firearms and prohibits the sale of more than three handguns within 30 days to any one person, with some exceptions for instructors and others.
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2023 C.E. September 28
Nissan commits to exclusively sell EVs in Europe by 2030
Nissan’s Ambition 2030 aims to globally introduce 27 electrified vehicles, with 19 being EVs, by 2030. Additionally, Nissan plans to implement cobalt-free technology to reduce the cost of EV batteries by 65% by fiscal year 2028.
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2023 C.E. September 30
World Bank approves $365 million USD for advancing girls and women empowerment in Africa
The SWEDD+ project has the potential to directly benefit over 2 million vulnerable girls aged between 10 to 19 years old who are at risk of child marriage, early pregnancy, gender-based violence, and leaving school in Burkina Faso, Chad, Senegal, The Gambia, and Togo.
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2023 C.E. October 3
Countries pledge to raise $12 billion to fund coral reef protection
The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) said it would secure a massive public and private investment to help conserve and restore coral ecosystems, which sustain a quarter of the world's marine species and more than a billion people.
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2023 C.E. October 3
European Union launches world’s carbon border tariff
The European Union has launched the initial phase of the world's first system to impose CO2 emissions tariffs on carbon-intensive imports like iron and steel, as it tries to stop more polluting foreign products from undermining its green transition.
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2023 C.E. October 3
Delaware bans LGBTQ+ panic defense with overwhelming bipartisan support
The panic defense is a legal defense strategy used to justify violent crimes against LGBTQ+ people due to a perpetrator “panicking” over discovering their victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The state Senate voted unanimously to ban this harmful legal strategy.
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2023 C.E. October 2
Remote Caribbean island of Redonda transformed into huge nature reserve
It’s one of many remote islands around the world’s seas that, with a helping hand, have rid themselves of invasive animals and plants and returned to supporting the land, water, and air around them.
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2023 C.E. October 2
National Museum of Scotland returns stolen totem pole to Nisga’a people after 100 years
It was a historic "rematriation" for the Indigenous nation of around 600 people in what is now known to many as Canada's British Columbia. The return of the Ni'isjoohl pole could also set a precedent in a broader repatriation movement gaining steam around the world.
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2023 C.E. October 2
World Health Organization approves second malaria vaccine for children
The R21/Matrix-M vaccine, developed at Oxford University, is expected to offer countries a cheaper and more readily available option than the world’s first shot against the parasitic disease.
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2023 C.E. October 1
Harvard University inaugurates Claudine Gay as school’s first Black president
Gay received her Ph.D. in government from Harvard in 1998 and joined the Harvard faculty in 2006. She previously served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She is now the President of perhaps the world's most prestigious university.
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2023 C.E. October 1
Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law since the Sandy Hook shooting
The new law bans the open carrying of firearms and prohibits the sale of more than three handguns within 30 days to any one person, with some exceptions for instructors and others.
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2023 C.E. September 28
Nissan commits to exclusively sell EVs in Europe by 2030
Nissan’s Ambition 2030 aims to globally introduce 27 electrified vehicles, with 19 being EVs, by 2030. Additionally, Nissan plans to implement cobalt-free technology to reduce the cost of EV batteries by 65% by fiscal year 2028.
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2023 C.E. September 30
World Bank approves $365 million USD for advancing girls and women empowerment in Africa
The SWEDD+ project has the potential to directly benefit over 2 million vulnerable girls aged between 10 to 19 years old who are at risk of child marriage, early pregnancy, gender-based violence, and leaving school in Burkina Faso, Chad, Senegal, The Gambia, and Togo.