In the first week of October, Ukrainian troops made significant advancements in their counteroffensive in the Kherson Oblast. Beginning in late August, alongside the operation in the Kharkiv Oblast, the southern counteroffensive’s initial goal has focused on securing the two crossings across the Dnipro River and liberating the city of Kherson.
On Oct. 25, Hurricane Otis struck the city of Acapulco on the Pacific coast of Mexico, leaving the country with landslides, flooding, and devastation, becoming the second-strongest storm in Mexico's history.
On Friday, Dec. 1, the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) launched the first Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard for Capital Markets, a new standard that will account for carbon emissions associated with capital markets deals done by banks across the world.
