• Globally, deaths from particulate pollution have dropped 16% since 2005. 200,000 lives have been saved per year by reducing air pollution. El Pais.
• Intimate partner homicide in Austalia has declined 38% since 2016, the rate of partner violence has decreased by over 50%, and rates of sexual harassment have reached their lowest levels ever in every state and territory. The Conversation.
• Cases of severe malaria in Rwanda decreased 85% since 2016. All Africa.
• In the US, food prices have largely flatlined for months, gasoline prices are about 10% lower than a year ago, and the average cost of much of what goes into a shopping cart has been roughly unchanged for a year. Reuters.
• US EV sales are having a record-setting year. Canary Media.
• Record 89% of Finland’s electricity from fossil-free sources last year. YLE.

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• Global efforts to combat tuberculosis have saved over 75 million lives since 2000. WHO.
• Since 2017, 226 million people in Africa have been protected from yellow fever via a single-dose vaccine that provides lifelong protection. WHO.
• Global inequality has declined. Cato.
• Pregnant women across the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be offered free healthcare. Guardian.
• The number of kids in foster care in America is lower than it’s been in decades. Statista.
• China’s emissions set to fall in 2024 after record growth in clean energy. Carbon Brief.
• Despite news that electric vehicle sales in the US are slowing, sales in the third quarter of 2023 exhibited the strongest year-on-year growth since the fourth quarter of 2021. Heatmap.
• Deforestation in Colombia down 70 percent so far this year. Yale Environment 360.
• Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon down 22% in a year. Phys.org.
• 6,000 acres of land have been re-greened in West Bengal, India. Reasons to be Cheerful.
• AI could predict heart attack risk up to 10 years in the future, finds Oxford study. The Guardian.
• Base editing, a new form of gene therapy, sharply lowers bad cholesterol in clinical trial. Science.
• How child mortality has declined in the last two centuries. Our World in Data.

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• Bangladesh eliminates visceral leishmaniasis, Maldives interrupts leprosy transmission, and North Korea eliminates rubella. WHO.
• In 2023, Niger became the first country in Africa to eliminate Onchocerciasis (also known as river blindness); and Senegal is now on track to become the second. WHO.
• India to extend free food grains program for 800 million people by five years. Reuters.
• Cleaner air in London brought about by the Low Emission Zones contributed to a 4.5% reduction in long-term health problems and an 8% decrease in respiratory issues like asthma and bronchitis. Medical Xpress.
• A combination of treatments cut the risk of death in people with advanced bladder cancer by more than half. Nature.
• The amount of coal used in the United States has fallen from about 2.8 million tons a day in 2008 to about 1.1 million tons a day this year. IEEFA.
• Portugal was powered solely by renewables for an entire weekend. PV Magazine.
• EV sales are booming in the United States. Sales rose by 49% in the third quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2022. Kelley Blue Book (PDF link).
• U.S. solar generation has grown 12x in a decade. PV Magazine.
• The COVID-19 vaccination campaign saved 2.4 million lives in 141 countries. Futurity.

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• The Mosquirix vaccine for malaria has cut deaths among young children by 13% and reduced severe cases by 22% during its four-year pilot rollout to two million kids in three countries. Science.
• Access to electricity in Tanzania has increased from 7% in 2011 to 37.7% in 2020, one of the fastest access expansion rates in sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank.
• In Europe and North America, dementia has fallen by 13% per decade over the past 25 years. Financial Times.
• From 2000 to 2021, the imprisonment rate in the US fell by 70% for Black women and by 48% for Black men. The 19th.
• Number of sea turtle nests on Florida coasts exploding, even tripling in some regions. ABC News.
• Some deaf children in China can hear after gene treatment. MIT Technology Review.
• The typical American family got about 37% richer between 2019 and 2022. Noahpinion.
• 40% more snow leopards in Bhutan. Warp News.
• 98% of Uruguay’s grid is powered by green energy. NPR.
• This Japanese city is piloting EV wireless charging at traffic lights. electrek.
• The world has made substantial progress in increasing basic levels of education. Our World in Data.

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