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The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) report "Climate Crossroads: Fiscal Policies in a Warming World" takes stock of mitigation policies across countries and presents the trilemma facing policymakers of balancing between achieving climate goals, debt sustainability, and political feasibility. In this report, IMF offers insights into the mix of fiscal policies needed to address climate change worldwide.

Syniverse, a global communications technology company, decreased its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 5%, lowered its energy in operations by 3% since last year and disposed of 100% of its e-waste responsibly.

Apple, Nike and several other companies launched the Clean Energy Procurement Academy to equip companies with knowledge and capabilities to adopt more clean energy.

As we look forward to the 2024 WISE Awards, let's look back at a conversation with Abby Johnson, Executive Director and Founder of Virginia PACE Authority and winner of a 2023 WISE Award. Abby discusses how public-private partnerships enable a unique type of financing for clean energy projects.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration's International Energy Outlook 2023 (IEO2023) explores long-term energy trends across the world through 2050. Since the last IEO two years ago, the global energy system has evolved against a backdrop of new energy policies, the transition to zero‐carbon technologies, energy security concerns, and economic and population growth.