Squirrel News X-Mas Quiz 2024 – Sources

We’ve featured articles on all the questions in the quiz in our past issues. You can read them again here:

Global life expectancy

Life expectancy is returning to pre-pandemic levels, Our World in Data

Basic income to protect rainforest

Could a £2-a-day basic income be the key to protecting rainforests? The Guardian

First city to ban fossil fuel-related ads

The Hague becomes world’s first city to pass law banning fossil fuel-related ads, The Guardian

First G7 nation to end coal power

Britain becomes first G7 nation to end coal power with last plant closure, France24

Number of children who do not attend school

The global number of children not attending school has declined by nearly 40% since 2000, Our World in Data

The Clown of Cracolandia

Brazil: The Clown of Cracolandia, Arte

Tile-whipping in the Netherlands

We need to accept the weeds’: the Dutch ‘tile whipping’ contest seeking to restore greeneryhool has declined by nearly 40% since 2000, The Guardian

Gophers on Mount St. Helens

Gophers were given one day to revive Mount St. Helens — and their impact on its ecosystem has lasted decades, Good Good Good

Barcelona’s subway trains

Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stationsding school has declined by nearly 40% since 2000, Grist

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