2024 in review: 320 stories about solutions and progress
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With 2024 drawing to a close, we’re taking a look back on some of the most exciting developments taking place over the course of the year: from human rights and education to environmental protection measures and beyond.
January: First malaria vaccination programme, Zambia abolishes death penalty, tobacco consumption declining
February: Landmark environmental protection laws, declining crime rates, LGBT-friendly mosque
March: Drop in global childhood mortality, first law against ultra fast fashion, Spain bans domestic flights
April: Switzerland’s climate lawsuit, democratic change in Senegal, law school degree earned in prison
May: Victory for small island nations, debt cancellation scheme for poor families, school run by kids
June: Vanuatu cutting plastic pollution, Sierra Leone banning child marriage, first CO2 tax on farms
July: Global emotional well-being on the rise, stem cell therapy breakthrough, Hawaiian kids win climate lawsuit
August: World’s largest solar project, global school attendance rising, breakthrough lung cancer vaccine
September: World’s first mpox vaccine, Britain ends coal power, millions of trees in the Sahara
October: More ocean protection, revolutionary children’s hospital, reforestation with tree islands
November: Global billionaire tax, one billion trees for Denmark, democratic change in Botswana
