• The share of the world population living in extreme poverty has never declined as rapidly as in the past three decades. Our World in Data.
• Malaria vaccination reduces hospitalizations, deaths of children in northwestern Nigeria. Gavi.
• Oil spills from tankers have fallen by more than 90% since the 1970s. Our World in Data.
• Chile becomes the first country in the Americas to eliminate leprosy. WHO.
• Croatia is officially free of landmines, three decades after the Yugoslav wars. TVP World.
• Renewables generated 26% of the United States’ electricity in 2025, a new record. Bloomberg.
• How ‘smog capital of Poland’ saved 6,000 lives by cutting soot levels. The Guardian.
• North Aral Sea regains a third of its water thanks to restoration efforts spearheaded by Kazakhstan. Euronews.
• The kakapo, a flightless New Zealand parrot, was down to 51 individuals in 1995, but has bounced back to a population of 236. The New York Times.

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• Almost all countries have ended large-scale forced labor. Our World in Data.
• WHO validates elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Libya. WHO.
• Denmark becomes first country in the European Union to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. WHO.
• Deforestation has been reversed in Europe, North and Central America, and large parts of Asia. Our World in Data.
• Electric car sales almost double in India in 2025. Bloomberg.
• One of the world’s largest steelmakers is using a battery that harnesses waste heat to curb emissions. Canary Media.
• Costa Rica once had one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, but around the turn of the century its forests started growing back. Now, natural forests blanket well over half of Costa Rica, making it one of the few places on Earth that has revived its lost ecosystems. Vox.
• ‘Universal vaccine’ protects mice against multiple pathogens. Nature.

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