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From scientific discoveries to activist wins, here are the latest news stories that showcase the people who are taking on climate change and nature loss, and winning.

🗣️ The pivotal role of translators at COP

With fraught global relationships, cultural differences, and emerging new vocab to contend with, translators play a vital role in climate negotiations. As COP rolls around once again, these linguists will spend sleepless nights hammering out the translations of science-heavy, much-debated final documents. From finding the right phrasing for ‘just transition’ across different languages to unpicking metaphors about climate change, the unseen role of these translators helps ensure global climate agreements are consistent and can be understood by communities around the world.

💵 The best climate finance ideas

Which climate finance ideas are actually fair, realistic, and impactful? The Guardian scrutinizes the gamut, including:

• Reforming the World Bank and other development banks, which often offer lower income countries crucial financing in the form of loans that put them further in debt.

• A small tax on frequent fliers, as the vast majority of flights are taken by a tiny percentage of the population.

• Redirecting subsidies that go towards harmful extractive industries like fossil fuels and overfishing.

 🦠 The power of microbes

A coalition of scientists have issued an urgent call to action, demanding that the world harnesses the potential of microbes to tackle climate change. These tiny organisms have a huge range of benefits, including capturing carbon, lowering methane emissions, breaking down pollutants, and providing renewable energy. But despite the scale of the solutions they offer, microorganisms have so far been overlooked in climate responses, so the authors of this paper are volunteering their time and expertise to ensure they are used effectively.