• 10 ways investing in children’s well-being changed the world. UNICEF.
• Between 1990 and 2021, the global death rate for suicide declined by almost 40%, indicating that intervention and prevention are working. IHME.
• The rate of deaths from drowning dropped by 38% between the year 2000 and 2021. WHO.
• Tanzania has reduced maternal mortality by 80% between 2016 to 2022. AfricaCDC.
• There has been a 37% drop in child marriages in Malaysia from 2019 to 2023. Free Malaysia Today.
• Since 2019, Mackenzie Scott has given $19 billion to more than 2,000 nonprofits. One charity expanded its refugee efforts from 29 to 71 countries. Another went from serving meals to approximately 2.5 million people a day, to 10 million. CBS.
• Homicides in the US dropped 16% in 2024 from the previous year. Axios.
• Americans are paying less for college, on average, than they were a decade ago. The Atlantic.
• In the 1920s, there were just 54 European bison, all in captive areas, but thanks to rewilding efforts there are now around 10,000. Reasons to be Cheerful.
• Wind and solar are expected to meet nearly 50% of power demand in Texas this spring. Reuters.
• Last undiscovered tomb of Tutankhamun dynasty found. BBC.
• America’s first car-free neighborhood is popular with its residents two years in. Dwell.

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• Malaria deaths in Kenya drop by 93 per cent over eight years. The Eastleigh Voice.
• Iraq’s poverty rate dropped from 21.5% in 2022 to 17.6% in 2024. Shafaq.
• In these nine Asian countries, child mortality has more than halved since the year 2000. Our World in Data.
• Cold-related deaths have fallen 65% since the 1990s. Think Global Health.
• Tanzania reduced maternal mortality by 80% over seven years. Africa CDC.
• China has created or restored more than 10,000 square km of wetland since 2012. Xinhua.
• Artificial intelligence is now used to locate abandoned fishing nets in the ocean. Oceanographic.
• Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked. Our World in Data.

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• Child mortality in Malawi has plummeted from 234 deaths per 1,000 live births to just 49 since 1992. Nyasa Times.
• World Health Organization (WHO) report reveals a 38% drop in the global drowning death rate since 2000. WHO.
• A year into new initiative, Denver no longer has any homeless veterans living on the street. Good Good Good.
• In Bradford, England, a clean air zone has reduced visits to the doctor for respiratory illnesses and heart problems by around 25%. The Guardian.
• Wind and solar accounted for nearly two-thirds (65%) of Lithuania’s power generation in 2024. The Progress Playbook.
• In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day. Our World in Data.
• 95% of all new power capacity in the United State added to the grid in 2024 was carbon-free. Distilled.
• Family of beavers save Czech government $1.2 million by finishing a 7-year dam project in just a few weeks. Fortune.

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• In 2000, over 100,000 young Americans were locked up in juvenile detention facilities. By 2022, that number had plummeted by 75%. New York Times.
• ​In 2015, less than half of the world population was in the range of a 4G network. That figure is now 90%. Our World in Data.
• Niger is the first country in Africa to be declared free of river blindness. WHO.
• Sleeping sickness has been eliminated in Guinea. WHO.
• Malaria cases in the South East Asia fell from 22.8 million in 2000 to 4 million in 2023 – a reduction of 82.4%. WHO.
• Cardiovascular disease mortality has fallen massively since the 1950s. Our World in Data.
• 2024 saw one of the lowest ever death tolls from natural disasters. Sustainability by Numbers.
• Global emissions of local air pollutants have probably passed their peak. Our World in Data.
• A bipartisan coalition of 24 U.S. governors pledged to continue the country’s work toward achieving Paris Agreement goals. Sustainability.
• Solar overtakes coal in Europe for the first time in 2024. Ember.
• Türkiye has doubled its solar capacity in just 2.5 years, surpassing its current target more than a year ahead of schedule. Ember.
• India doubled its tiger population in a decade. NPR.
• New wonder material designed by AI is as light as foam but as strong as steel. Live Science.
• 14 of the 20 amino acids that life on Earth uses to make proteins and all five genetic code components were found on the asteroid Bennu, suggesting the early solar system had most of the ingredients needed for life. NASA.

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