Empowering Ugandan girls with bikes, embracing nature on corporate boards, solar powered health facilities
World’s first marine protected area for sperm whales, Morocco’s earthquake relief, solar energy in Rio’s favelas
China’s emissions on the brink of decline, shared parental leave in South Africa, startups tackling wildfires
First-ever whole-eye transplant, heroin users trained to detect ODs, drive against childhood illiteracy in Angola
World-first gene therapy restores hearing in deaf children, free maternity care in DRC, Kenya’s tree-planting day
Dropping dengue rates thanks to modified mosquitoes, 4-day workweek trial in Valencia, e-bike without battery
Norway’s biggest ever rewilding project, 45% drop in polluting vehicles in London, groundbreaking liver transplant
Tackling social isolation, world’s unstoppable shift to clean energy, real estate agency for the unhoused
Tackling youth gun violence with CBT, zero-waste cities, record number of Roma elected to Slovakian parliament
Warmth from disused coal mines, first Irish town to ban single-use coffee cups, sponges soaking up microplastics
Boston slashes high school dropout rate, Hyderabad’s solar-covered cycle path, five green cities shaping tomorrow
UN announces new rules against toxic chemicals, a second chance for Liberia’s child soldiers, new malaria vaccines
Young people sue 32 nations for climate inaction, writers strike victory, madrassa for transgender community
Landmark high seas treaty takes shape, Bhutan’s snow leopard boom, video documentaries for court defendants
Historic women’s quota bill in India, protecting Brazil’s Indigenous communities, high school for dropouts
Denmark launches world’s first green container ship, robot reef restoration, UK sees butterfly population boom
Peer-to-peer lending transforms lives, Florida’s first hurricane-proof town, preventing gun violence with basketball
African Union becomes member of G20, Scottish civil service to trial four-day week, world’s largest rhino farm saved by NGO
Europe’s e-bike boom, universal free school meals in Massachusetts, France to end printing of paper receipts
Solar saves Europe in heatwave, African teams succeed at Women’s World Cup, AI takes on deadliest disease
Ancient water channels revived in drought-ridden Spain, Barcelona fights overtourism, political fashion
Doulas for newly disabled people, new data on poverty-reduction success, using floods to fight drought in California
California’s free prison calls heal relationships, happiness and profits from four-day workweek, Scotland’s giant water battery
‘Degrowth’ moving in from Europe’s policy fringes, study links autism to dysbiosis, new superconductor
More countries decriminalise suicide, ring of trees around London, wildfire prevention with bison and horses
Electric vehicles overtake diesel sales in EU for first time, desert vegetable farms, teaching Afghan women judo
Italy’s sustainable “textile town”, Britain’s first heat pump village, travelling dark room for refugees
Revolutionising hiring with prison workforce programme, France’s “make do and mend”, Homeless World Cup
Agreement for climate-neutral shipping, first malaria vaccine for 12 African countries, Ukraine’s hospital train
Amazon deforestation plummets in first half of 2023, 1000km battery transforms green travel, heat-resistant drones
Australia legalises psychedelics for mental health, NZ bans single-use produce bags, Wales halts use of snares
Kenya launches Africa’s largest school food program, world’s largest wooden city, Canada bans animal testing
Blue whales make a comeback in California, lifesaving school-based free clinics, free bus rides for women in India
Estonia legalises same-sex marriage, historic ocean protection deal, Serbia gun amnesty collects 13,500 weapons
EU lawmakers pass AI regulation in world first, antidote for modern slavery, fighting white supremacy with MDMA
Climate activists take Montana to trial, Danish tech network for refugee women, sharing Jewish-Palestinian perspectives
Women-centric social search engine, England trials universal basic income, endometriosis breakthrough
New Zealand’s biggest-ever emissions reduction project, France bans short-haul flights, anti-wildfire tech
Spain moves towards 100% renewable energy, world’s first native bee sanctuary, Bali’s sign language village
Illinois bans book bans, India to stop building new coal plants, Colorado to make prison phone calls free
New York’s historic climate win, First Nation self-declares marine protected area, fighting the Taliban with art
Debt-for-nature swap saves Galapagos Islands, Japan to ban ‘upskirting’, porch culture fights loneliness
Global decline in child marriages, detecting cancer with AI, Barefoot College reinvents rural education
Mayor’s youth climate action councils, US smoking rate hits new all-time low, beating anorexia through boxing
World’s first robotic lung transplant, legal rights for criminal defendants, supporting the children of sex workers
Trafficking survivors fight modern slavery, mental health alert system, Europe’s longest cycle tunnel
Malaysia ends mandatory death penalty, free e-cigarettes for British smokers, ‘world-changer’ malaria vaccine
