Latin America sees lowest ever poverty rate, India trials payments for household work, New York fashion week bans fur
New method to test and rescue soil, global deaths from measles down 88%, pioneering model for small-scale solar
Romania raises recycling rate to 94%, albatross foster families, the crying clubs fighting loneliness
Seventh HIV remission sparks hope, cervical cancer prevention accelerates, global south leads green energy shift
‘Historical win’ for sharks and rays, UK to ban oil and gas exploration, Los Angelenos paint guerrilla crosswalks
Best of November: Bank accounts for homeless people, first-ever treaty with Aboriginal peoples, graduating with $1000
Ethiopia to plant seven billion trees, Belgian town trials “lottery government”, Warsaw’s metro library
England plans new ‘forest city’, Iowa City free bus scheme carries on, ex-inmate builds 500 prison libraries
Korea to phase out coal, Colombia bans drilling and mining in Amazon, Australia bans social media for under-16s
Free electricity in Australia, Lithuania halves suicide rate, litter-picking becomes global competitive sport
Australia’s treaty with Aboriginal peoples, NYC elects first Muslim mayor, Europe’s landmark climate ruling
How Moldova is making orphanages obsolete, protecting Ecuador’s Amazon, building bridges from Gaza to Israel
The crowdfunding campaigns rebuilding Syria, stronger-than-steel superwood, “pay as you throw” waste disposal
First-ever greenwashing conviction in France, deforestation drops for third decade in a row, London’s scream clubs
Eye implants help blind patients read again, gourmet food for €1, feeding peanuts to babies big success
Global feelings of safety at record high, Spain declares six marine protected areas, Poland to ban fur farming
Ireland rolls out basic income for artists, new treatment for ADA-SCID sees 100% survival rate, California quits coal
New data shows global optimism about the future, Scotland to criminalise ecocide, the OR that fits in a backpack
Solar named world’s cheapest power source, agrivoltaics triples farmers’ income, first rewilded sharks thrive
Ultrasounds against cancer, sustainable air conditioning with “ice batteries”, saving orcas with dogs and drones
First female Archbishop of Canterbury, Switzerland opens solar furnaces for steel recycling, free therapy text line
Student develops app to treat childhood cancer, residents build bike lane, mountain gorillas make a comeback
Uzbekistan’s poverty rate plummets, Huntington’s disease treated in world first, the cafe run by deaf baristas
World’s first Indigenous-led ocean reserve, 466 million fed by school meals, Pakistan’s first woman train driver
WTO global treaty tackles overfishing, ozone layer shows signs of repair, healing after life as a neo-Nazi leader
20 million more African children with school meals, EU law on food and textile waste, tiny forests in Scotland
First U.S. state to offer free universal child care, vaccine to curb koala disease, teaching philosophy in prison
Free public transport for Irish children, Mexico’s jaguar population grows by 30%, Sweden’s secondhand mall
Indonesian islanders take cement giant to court over climate, Nepal eliminates rubella, AI stethoscopes
Preventing suicides through pesticide bans, world’s tallest flying bird makes comeback, local disaster resilience
Best of August: New nature reserves, success against diseases, initiatives to improve the lives of children
Czech schools to provide free period products, Moldova restores its forests, EU approves HIV prevention jab
Second-largest nature reserve in the Americas, energy storage train, gardening in São Paolo’s favelas
Mexico lifts 13.4 million people out of poverty, Botswana slashes HIV rates in children, Denmark ends tax on books
Kenya eliminates sleeping sickness, Brazil’s homicide rate drops, alcohol consumption hits record low in US
Hawai’i eliminates imprisonment of girls, homophobia falls in EU and US, making Cairo’s streets safer
Low-cost incubators, China rolls out free pre-school education, Indigenous young people protect ancestral lands
Best of July: Landmark climate rulings, falling homicide rates, first malaria treatment for newborn babies
Nations can sue nations for climate harm, Pakistan’s breast cancer app, free cash for homeless people
Homicide rates hit record lows in 69 US cities, open-source plastic recycling, volunteer-run village stores
England announces community right to buy, cities are taking the lead in climate action, hiking instead of detention
Five times fewer HIV-infected children, India hits 50% non-fossil power milestone, mind convenience stores
Eastern Europe’s solar energy boom, France’s €1 train, Europe’s largest floating solar farm goes live
Solar tops EU power mix for first time, community patrolling reduces eco-crime, thriving gardens on arid land
World’s first malaria treatment for newborns, Sri Lanka’s suicide rates plummet, Kerala’s rainforest gardeners
Italy’s homicide rate drops by 80%, long-distance robotic tele-surgery, Poland’s clean energy overtakes coal
Best of June: Ireland ends coal power, the world’s largest marine protected area, violent crime plummets in the US
World’s largest national parks system, Council of Europe establishes Ukraine war tribunal, copyrighting faces
Ireland closes last coal-fired power plant, Vietnam abolishes death penalty for eight crimes, Vatican City goes green
Plastic bag bans curb US shoreline litter, world-first climate change visa, most important emotion for meaningful life
World’s largest CO2 capture project, Australia lifts blood donation ban for gay men, ducks against pesticides
World’s largest marine protected area, England to decriminalise rough sleeping, beavers against wildfires
Poverty rates halve in Jamaica and Morocco, HIV research breakthrough, India makes clean energy gains
Kyrgyzstan’s 800,000 hectare eco-corridor, UK’s disposable vape ban comes into effect, first aid kit for birds
Best of May: sinking emissions in China, less litter across EU coastlines, “No Mow May” all year long
Spain strengthens LGBTQ+ workplace rights, EU court protects marine zones, new sepsis test shows 90% accuracy
Offline meetups for young adults, game changing brain tumour test, penguin poop to mitigate climate change
Denmark bans influencer-promoted junk food ads, removing PFAS from water supplies, EU’s first national park city
Land bank prevents gentrification, FDA approves first blood test for Alzheimer’s, dream maps against climate change
Mexico’s guerrilla fish refuges, doctors rewrite DNA of infant with genetic disorder, helping Chile’s stolen children
Indigenous self-government in Colombia, world’s largest electric ship, Malaysia’s first monkey bridge
Florida’s evolution to solar superpower, free rent for companionship, the newspaper run by homeless people
3D-printed wheelchair for kids, sterile mosquitoes curb disease, Ghana’s safe house for trafficking survivors
Best of April: First global CO2 tax for ships, European countries test social prescribing, cuddle parties
Renewables surpass coal in China, workers become owners in bakery chain, cuddle parties against loneliness
