First global CO2 tax for ships, New Mexico makes childcare free, four countries reversing democratic decline
Happiness grows with basic income, first national park city in North America, mental health programme for farmers
New record in global renewables, first birth after womb transplant in UK, football for women prisoners
Less plastic on Australia’s coast, landmark ruling protects rainforest, fossil fuels drop below 50% in US
EU countries test social prescribing, Thailand bans smacking of minors, Afghanistan’s secret schools for girls
70% drop in Indian child mortality, fewer swallowed object surgeries in UK children, stir sticks to detect spiking
Landmark territory protects uncontacted tribes, towns give away free chickens, better health through storytelling
Paris votes to pedestrianise 500 streets, Black-owned alternatives to Amazon, the towns that invent their own money
UK to plant new national forest, landmark ruling takes hit at big oil, healing the most eroded place on earth
Mexico City’s ‘bloodless bullfighting’, Britain’s most bike-friendly town, homeless voices on the airwaves
Historic peace deals in Syria and Azerbaijan, NZ’s largest ever restoration project, video game detects dementia
Man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world first, US fentanyl crisis eases, Cuba’s first solar park
Island reclaimed by descendants of enslaved peoples, California permits cultural burning, tennis ball houses
First English river granted legal rights, ocean liner becomes world’s largest artificial reef, hotel for cows
UN reaches global nature funding deal, abandoned mines as energy storage, first disabled astronaut for ISS mission
50 US States introduce right to repair, 3D-printed houses for the homeless, Denmark to ban phones in schools
Child mortality falls sharply across Asia, downward trend in air accidents, Vienna’s refugee-run hotel
Welsh Senedd to expel lying politicians, gene therapy restores sight in blind children, combustion car sales drop
Cash incentives raise vaccination rates in Nigeria, Norway bans fur farming, new tech uses jet wind for energy
Detroit on pace for fewest killings since 1965, New York to track 25 million trees, global solar power speeds up
The Global South’s cleantech revolution, guaranteed income for ex-inmates, oystercatcher population nearly doubles
Life satisfaction in England rises, foldable emergency shelters, 80,000 school kids recycle cooking oil
Baltic states join EU power grid, AI improves breast cancer detection, restaurant staffed by homeless people
Emptying NY youth prisons led to huge drop in crime, new nonopioid painkiller, Brazil’s ‘scholarship mums’
NZ mountain granted legal personhood, women-led ridesharing, bumblebee population increases 116 times over
200 UK companies introduce four-day working week, New York’s largest solar farm, vacant office as indoor farms
Former rivals team up to find Colombia’s disappeared, open-source alternatives to TikTok, helping foster kids go to college
DRC to create world’s biggest protected tropical forest reserve, free transit prescriptions, milestone for EU energy
Ecuador gives coastal ecosystems rights, Bangladesh’s universal access to electricity, world’s first feminist beer
New York makes polluters fund climate costs, ‘solar mamas’ bring solar power to Zanzibar, eco-friendly surfboards
Danish city rewards coffee cup recycling, surplus fund for food banks, endometriosis blood test in sight
Indonesia launches free meals scheme, Spanish airlines test eco biofuel, National Trust restoration project
Lowering tuberculosis rates with cash, Bank Black & Green, record year for renewable energy in Poland
Iceland’s female-majority government, Belgium bans disposable vapes, El Salvador homicide rate plummets
Belgrade to make public transport free, spiking drinks to become criminal offense, Brazilian poverty declines
Spain’s bill against disinformation, balanced near-east education at schools, volunteers plant 750,000 trees
China’s 3000km green belt, green power overtakes fossil fuels in the UK, Zimbabwe votes to end death penalty
Syria celebrates end of Assad dictatorship, Ghana elects first female vice president, poetry pharmacies
Pakistan’s solar revolution, US cervical cancer deaths plummet by 60%, Argentine jail ends recidivism
Car fuel from seaweed, invisible fences protecting wildlife, school plays unlocking student potential
UK launches cash trial for homeless, Mexico’s civilian-led cartel strategy, deforestation’s health impact in Brazil
Denmark to plant one billion trees, Minnesota’s largest coal plant switches to solar, ending corporal punishment
World’s largest offshore solar farm, Latin American poverty hits 33-year low, AI model spots overlooked tumours
Colombia outlaws child marriage, reducing homelessness to “functionally zero”, matchmaking for teens and elders
First anti-slavery commissioner in Australia, cross-border power sharing, demountable timber sports hall
Free public transit for job seekers, deforestation in Brazil falls, magic tricks in climate education
Smoking ban in England, world’s first wooden satellite, Bookbanks, men’s sheds movement addresses loneliness
Historic regime change in Botswana, Indigenous voices in the UN, reparative justice for Black farmers
October recap: More ocean protection, revolutionary children’s hospital, reforestation with tree islands
In vivo gene therapy breakthrough, Norway raises minimum age limit for social media, part-time farmers
Murder rate plummets in Argentinian drug hotspot, railway to connect East Africa, salmon back in Klamath Basin
Portugal launches Europe’s largest marine protected area, Ireland’s bottle deposit scheme, US expands PFAS ban
Egypt goes malaria-free, El Paso’s teen court offers alternatives to jail, wildlife crossings cut crash rates by 90%
Teen tobacco use at 25-year low, year off-curriculum changes teenage lives, frequent flyer tax could generate billions
Indian state goes 100% organic, app improves care for non-white infants, new cervical cancer treatment regime
America’s most polluted river makes a comeback, Latvia’s school smartphone ban, Zurich’s child-friendly hospital
India eliminates trachoma, urban crime sees record-breaking decline, Ottawa’s fresh approach to opioid treatment
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
