• Renewables set to overtake coal as the world’s largest source of electricity by 2024. IEA (PDF link).
• World record: Wind turbine generates enough energy in a day to power 170,000 homes. Euronews.
• 15% of world auto sales are electric vehicles. Clean Technica.
• A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. The results show the power of cash transfers to reduce homelessness. Vox.
• Within a decade of implementing stricter laws, monthly drunk-driving injuries in Taiwan fell by nearly 40 percent, and monthly alcohol-related traffic deaths dropped by more than 80 percent. Think Global Health.
• Punjab, home to over half of Pakistan’s population, has doubled school enrollment from 13 million to 26 million students between 1998 and 2020. World Bank.
• China’s ‘war against pollution’ over the past decade has led to a 42% drop in pollution levels since 2013. This remarkable progress has added 26 months to the average Chinese citizen’s lifespan. CNN.
• Drones help boost immunization rates in remote parts of Ghana. VaccinesWork.
• Scotland is planning a transition to a 4-day workweek for civil servants and wants the private sector to follow suit. Fortune.
• Peregrine falcons, once extremely endangered, now stable in Iowa skies. The Gazette.
• Tantalising sign of possible life on faraway world. BBC.

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