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Welcome to another week of the Good News round-up, our weekly bulletin of what's going well around the world. 

1. Scotland has become the first country to make access to free period products a legal right, at a time when around one in 10 girls in the United Kingdom are unable to afford sanitary towels and tampons.

Local authorities and educational institutions in Scotland are now legally obliged to provide free sanitary products to anyone who needs them.

The Scottish government says it has invested more than €32 million to fund access to period products in a range of public settings.

Watch the video above to get all the details, including the legal background and how women and girls will be able to get hold of the products.

2. A 17-year-old student named Robert Sansone has single-handedly designed a motor that could potentially transform the electric car industry.

It all started a couple of years ago when Sansone became aware of the disadvantages of electric cars in a video he saw online.

He learned that most electric car motors require magnets made from rare-earth elements, which have a tremendous cost, both financially and environmentally.

Watch the video above to get the details of his design, as well as how he has managed to repurpose another widely commercialised electric motor for his invention.

His work has earned him first prize at this year’s Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair and an award of US$75,000.

3. The world’s second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, the United States, has taken a significant and unexpected step to tackle climate change.

Called the Inflation Reduction Act, the bill includes the biggest climate investment in its history, with a promise of €361 billion to be spent on renewable