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 During the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit this month, President Biden reaffirmed his commitment to the continent, underscoring the need to provide monies for climate adaptation — funds that can help Africa expand its energy infrastructure. Indeed, about 570 million sub-Saharan Africans lack access to reliable electricity.

The electric grid is under attack. America just experienced a rifle assault on a substation in North Carolina that shut off power to 45,000 people. But now it is at risk of a winter strike — threats ranging from extreme cold to fuel shortages to infrastructure limitations.

After more than a year of high inflation, consumers are finally starting to catch a break. Even gasoline, chicken wings, apartment rents and car prices are no longer spiraling out of control. Reporting for the Washington Post, David Lynch writes “Global supply chains are finally operating normally, as more consumers spend more on in-person services like restaurant meals and less on goods like furniture and computers that come from an ocean away.

About 500 people a day are leaving Honduras for greener pastures. It’s a byproduct of 13 years of dictatorship that neglected the needs of the people. But that could change now that a new democratically-elected government is in place, which has elevated climate change and forest protection as a national priority. The aim is to create fresh federal revenues by issuing carbon credits to stem migration flow.

Does the aviation sector have its head in the clouds? Indeed, the experts are working hard to make hydrogen a sustainable aviation fuel.

Given the expansion of the production tax credits and the funds for regional hydrogen hubs, hydrogen’s stock is rising. Its possibilities lie in the hard-to-decarbonize industrials or things that cannot quickly electrify. That applies to planes, trains, ships, and long-haul trucks. Electric generators can also run on a blend of hydrogen and natural gas.

Companies ranging from XeroxXRX +1.6% Corp. to WalmartWMT +0.1% to Delta Airlines are pledging to become net-zero — to offset their carbon emissions using energy efficiency, renewable energy, or carbon credits.