• Investments in tropical diseases have saved 8 million lives since 2000. 32 million more lives could be saved by 2040. Vox.
• Deaths from tetanus have declined from 250,000 each year in the early 1990s to less than 35,000 by 2019 thanks to vaccines. Our World in Data.
• Free contraception and sex education helps Finland reduce teenage abortions by 66%. Reuters.
• Global spending on clean energy this year is set to be twice the amount going to fossil fuels. IEA.
• Long-range EVs now cost less than the average new car in the US. Bloomberg.
• Additions of fossil fuel-based electricity capacity peaked in 2010, oil and gas capital expenditure peaked in 2014, and internal combustion engine (ICE) car sales have declined from their highs of 2017. Fossil fuel demand peaked in the industrial sector in 2014 and in the buildings sector in 2018. The Progress Playbook.
• A new study reveals elephants can call each other by name. Vox.
• AI discovers nearly 1 million new antibiotics. Penn Medicine News.

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