• Over the past decade, nearly a billion people have gained access to safely managed drinking water, and 1.2 billion have gained access to safely managed sanitation. Electricity now reaches 92 per cent of the world’s population – up from 87 per cent in 2015 – and internet access has risen from 40 per cent to 74 per cent. United Nations.
• China’s clean-air campaign has cut Beijing’s smog by 70% in a decade, and cut heavily polluted days from 58 a year to just one. The effort has prevented an estimated 680,000 premature deaths since 2020 and generated $715 billion in cumulative health benefits. Global Times.
• Global fossil-fuel emissions are set to fall by around 0.5% in 2026 amid the fallout from the Hormuz crisis. CarbonBrief.
• Meet the first new cat species discovered in 100 years. National Geographic.

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• Chile becomes first country in South America validated for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies as a public health problem. WHO.
• Uzbekistan’s poverty rate dropped from 5.8% to 3.9% in 2026, reducing the number of people in need from 2.2 million to 1.5 million. Republic of Uzbekistan.
• NYPD announces safest summer for shooting incidents, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history. NYPD.
• India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge. Carbon Brief.
• Cumulative solar capacity in the United States is enough to power one-third of all U.S. homes. SEIA.
• Coal-fired electricity generation in the US falls 11% in first half of 2026 as cheaper power sources such as natural gas grow. Financial Times.

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• In nine African countries, average incomes have more than doubled since 1990. Our World in Data.
• Mexico’s murder rate drops by nearly half since 2020. Bloomberg.
• Bhutan eliminates dog-transmitted human rabies. WHO.
• Tajikistan’s access to water in health facilities has more than doubled in five years. UNICEF.
• South Africa’s power-sector emissions fell 19% in 2025, the steepest annual drop ever recorded. BloombergNEF.
• AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds. The Guardian.

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• Africa installs a record 17 GW of solar in 2026. Ember.
• Clean energy additions in the US will rise by a record 45 gigawatts this year, roughly 25 percent higher than the record set in 2024. Ars Technica.
• China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026. Carbon Brief.
• Delhi now has a metro system that is bigger than New York’s, and built it for a fraction of the price. It’s 33% solar-powered, captures brake energy in batteries, and ran 99.9% on time last year. It keeps an estimated 600,000 vehicles off Delhi’s streets, and every train reserves its first car for women. The New York Times.
• Researchers have rediscovered the spinach pipefish, a relative of the seahorse thought to be extinct, in Papua New Guinea. Yale Environment 360.

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• Four billion people live in a democracy today, up from 106 million in 1945. Our World in Data.
• Six years after the pandemic, we have personalized mRNA vaccines for cancer. New York Times.
• Electricity generation from renewables is set to overtake coal-fired output in 2026. IEA.
• In less than three years, Uganda has provided access to electricity to well over a million people. World Bank.
• Mozambique’s Marracuene district saw its worst flood in living memory in January 2026, yet nobody died thanks to drones. African Development Bank Group.
• The prevalence rate of malaria in Nigeria fell from 42 per cent in 2010 to 15.2 per cent in 2025. The Guardian.
• California’s Senate has voted unanimously to end child marriage. Hoodline.

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• Malaria prevalence in Zanzibar has declined from about 40 per cent to 0.04 per cent over the past 25 years, bringing the islands close to elimination. Daily News.
• In Laos, the national poverty rate fell from 24.6% in 2012 to 15% in 2024. About 500,000 fewer people live in poverty than a decade ago, despite population growth. World Bank Group.
• England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C. BBC.
• 2025 had biggest violent-crime drop in 90 years in the United States. Axios.
• Electric car sales are now expected to reach 29% of total car sales worldwide in 2026. IEA.
• Solar just eclipsed all other electricity sources for the first time ever in Utah. Good Good Good.
• Nigerian conservationist Rachel Ikemeh almost single-handedly saved a species of primate, doubling its population since 2013. CNN.

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• Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the month of May 2026 totaled 5.0 billion tons CO₂e. This represents a decrease of 0.1% vs. May 2025. Climate Trace.
• 67,000 people are lifted out of extreme poverty in India every day. The Progress Network.
• FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, which causes 27% fewer flu cases. AP.
• Since 2010, new HIV infections have fallen by 42% and AIDS-related deaths by 57%. WHO.
• First same-sex civil marriage in Bolivia. DW.
• New Mexico flipped the state’s electricity supply from majority fossil fuels to majority renewables in just five years. And electricity prices remained cheaper than average. Yale Climate Connections.
• Americans use less energy than fifty years ago. Visual Capitalist.
• Tigers in India have more than doubled since 1972. Mongabay.

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