Australia to lead world in ocean protection, rooftop solar surge, $90 billion plan for African energy access
Mexico’s first female president, California bans artificial dyes from school food, constructing with hops
Stem cells reverse type 1 diabetes in world first, Assam’s rhino population thrives, rewilding São Paulo
California bans plastic bags, US sees big drop in overdose deaths, Toronto tenants win historic rent strike
WHO greenlights first mpox vaccine, The Hague bans fossil fuel ads, California’s new marine sanctuary
Skin cancer cases falling in Sweden, Mexico City’s ‘tree army’, village transformed from no-go area to delight
Alaska protects 28 million acres of public land, early warning for cardio risks, medical respite for the unhoused
Philadelphia’s affordable housing, world’s largest air-to-water heat pump, global solar power breaks records
Millions of trees for Mauritanian desert, South Korea pilots 4.5-day workweek, pest control without chemicals
NHS 111 offers 24-hour mental health support, Berlin becomes “sponge city”, intergenerational housing
World’s first basic income for rainforest residents, commercial seaweed farm, renewable energy overtakes coal in US
World’s largest restoration project, 50% fewer teen mothers in Thailand, media literacy in English schools
Brain implant restores ALS patient’s voice, zigzag patterns cooling buildings, India’s silent cycling revolution
Global school attendance rate rises, ‘smart’ insulin, pink bus for Islamabad female students and teachers
Trend reversal in global resource consumption, millions of trees for Kenya, drones dispose trash from Mount Everest
Plastic bags disappear from UK beaches, global surge in EVs, grassroots housing campaign to beat private equity
Guinea worm disease nears eradication, study shows impact of guaranteed income, drop in low-wage workers
Global smoking rates plummet, US announces $4 billion in climate funding, Colombia outlaws bullfighting
Nasal spray for Alzheimer’s, low-cost mental health care, genetic test to end inherited blindness in dogs
Renewables to surpass coal, net-zero development in Minnesota, homes made from mushroom waste and weeds
Office sites become social housing, first fully hydrogen-powered ferry, white storks to return to London
Poverty in Indonesia drops to record low, solar rooftop revolution, the Oxford brewery supporting ex-convicts
The countries ditching the death penalty, Baltimore’s violent crime drops 36%, Denmark’s culture vitamins
Deforestation in Colombia hits record low, bionic legs for amputees, no more tuition for medical students
UK elects most diverse parliament in history, Chicago’s bike giveaway, breakthrough in type 1 diabetes
Denmark to impose first climate tax on livestock, Brazil decriminalises marijuana, world’s first epilepsy device implant
Paris sees 40% drop in air pollution, Massachusetts’ millionaire tax, microdosing addiction treatment
The island nation curbing plastic pollution, global call for climate action, lynx returns from brink of extinction
Maryland pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions, EU to restore 20% of land and sea, California’s free grocery store
Finland’s teen abortion rate plummets, South Australia moves to ban political donations, ozone layer recovery
Sign language ambulances, deaths from tetanus plummet, building a wildlife corridor in the world’s largest rainforest
Vermont’s oil companies to foot climate change bill, second-chance gun crime initiative, Chile’s coastal cleanup
Voluntary rent payments to First Nations communities, CAR receives first malaria vaccines, ending school meal debt
The school run by kids, free mental health apps, the bison offsetting the CO2 emissions of 43,000 cars
Antwerp’s free-tree initiative, tackling Amsterdam’s housing crisis, new blueprint for addiction recovery
Lessons on childhood obesity, US overfishing hits historic low, world’s largest carbon capture facility
Finland’s fight against fake news, new gene therapy restores hearing in deaf toddler, fencing over firearms
Australia cancels $3 billion of student debt, Germany’s suicide prevention strategy, social media detox benefits
Dutch city erases debt for low-income families, Queensland decriminalises sex work, nursing home nightclubs
Climate tax for fossil fuel firms, Mexico bans conversion therapy, innovations in homeless sheltering
400,000 solar balconies in Germany, simple cancer blood test, high-speed train between Las Vegas and California
World-first meningitis vaccine, new mosquito nets protect millions, California’s green energy milestone
Seven countries hit 100% green energy milestone, stopping whale collisions, using AI to prevent homelessness
Greece to ban bottom trawling, 40k coral plantings in the Carribean, therapy school for Indian slum children
Deaths from natural disasters in decline, US to end gun sales loophole, India’s ‘right to life’ legislation
The drug-checking app saving lives, pay-as-you-go factories, EU classifies abortion access as fundamental right
Cyclists outnumber motorists in Paris, free housing for childcare workers, solar power surpasses coal in Texas
Whales granted legal personhood, largest-ever land restoration initiative, UK trials dementia blood tests
Historic US climate regulation, millions of anti-dengue mosquitoes, stipends against eviction, social supermarkets
Traffic app for blind riders, bowel cancer diagnosis without biopsies, matchmaking for affordable housing
EU approves supply chain human rights law, affordable gene therapies, redefining Indigenous film narratives
France tackles the fast fashion industry, world-first AI legislation, big drop in UK middle-aged cancer deaths
World’s largest sand battery, bald eagles nest in Toronto for first time, urban food forest in public park
EU to ban products from forced labour, people with Down syndrome live longer than ever, $600m to end cervical cancer
Spain bans short-haul domestic flights, France to make abortion a constitutional right, Finland halves suicide rate
The cities swapping concrete for nature, robot exoskeleton, Michigan repeals decades-old anti-union law
Nonprofit tackles 2 million lbs of ocean-bound waste, CT leads medical debt relief, soccer unites El Salvador
Cash incentives for cyclist commuters, prescription meal kits tackling diabetes, zero poaching in national park
Marseille’s queer mosque, Australia’s ‘right to disconnect’ law passes Senate, Greece legalises same-sex marriage
Zimbabwe scraps death penalty law, violent crime in US drops fast, England launches biodiversity credit scheme
