• Between 2002 and 2022, the Global Fund saved over 59 million lives through its HIV, TB, and malaria programs. Friends of the Global Fight.
• Between 2013 and 2021, cases of measles in Indonesia decreased by 95% and rubella incidence decreased by 89%. WHO.
• New cervical cancer therapy cut the risk of women dying or the cancer returning by more than a third. BBC.
• Denver experimented with giving people $1,000 a month. It reduced homelessness and increased full-time employment. Insider.
• In the US so far this year, homicides nationwide have declined 11% to 12%. Los Angeles Times.
• Crime in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level on record. BBC.
• 50 million more girls have been enrolled in school globally since 2015. UNESCO.
• Half of the world is past a peak in fossil power. Ember.
• Kids are much less likely to be killed by cars than in the past. Economist Writing Every Day.
• Human Progress has launched a new tool with access to thousands of datasets including visualizations of the rise of global income, life expectancy, democracy, education, the end of famine, and more. Human Progress.
• Over the last seven years, Kenya has trained over 1,200 nurses and under-five mortality has more than halved. World Bank.
• Last year, 55,870 hectares of land were reforested in Xizang, China, employing over 1.68 million people. Global Times.
• Between 2010 and 2020, the cost of solar fell by around 15% each year, and installed capacity rose by 25% per year. If this trend continues, solar will become the dominant form of energy for the world. Nature.
• UK emissions fall 3.4% in 2022 as coal use drops to lowest level since 1757. CarbonBrief.
• In August, when heavy rain hit parts of Chile, tens of thousands of people had to evacuate their homes as their communities flooded. Many got a warning a couple of days in advance, thanks to a tool called Flood Hub that rolled out in the country earlier this year. Fast Company.

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• Poland gives support to centrist opposition after 8 years of nationalist rule. AP.
• Brazil set to widen lead as cleanest major power sector. Reuters.
• Bionic hand solves user’s pains in more than one way. Interesting Engineering.
• New AI tool diagnoses brain tumors on the operating table. The New York Times.
• Boston’s high school dropout rate fell by more than half. Here’s their blueprint. Next City.
• ‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars. The Guardian.

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• Only 8.6% of the world’s population lives in extreme poverty. This is the lowest percentage in human history. World Bank.
• 100 million doses of a cheap, reliable malaria vaccine are in the process of being manufactured. BBC.
• Egypt has gone from having one of the world’s highest rates of hepatitis C to being on the path to elimination in less than ten years. WHO.
• Millions more students to receive free school meals under expanded U.S. program. PBS.
• UK minimum wage set to rise in 2024. Euronews.
• The monarch butterfly is no longer endangered. Science.
• World’s electricity supply close to ‘peak emissions’ due to growth of wind and solar. CarbonBrief.
• Wind generation exceeds demand for electricity for the first time ever in Ireland. Euronews.
• AI predicts 70% of earthquakes a week before they occur. Interesting Engineering.

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• 40 years ago, Stanislav Petrov saved the world. Vox.
• Renewables sail past 70% on Australia’s main grid, send coal to new lows. Renew Economy.
• The Indian state of Rajasthan hits record-low share of fossil fuel generation for four consecutive months in 2023. Ember.
• Since 1990, the number of healthy years of life lost due to infectious diseases more than halved. Financial Times.
• In Southest Asia, the maternal mortality rate has declined by 41% and under-five mortality has declined by 45%. WHO.
• Kenya achieves remarkable 68% decline in Aids-related fatalities. Star.

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• The proportion of the world’s children living in extreme poverty fell from 20.7% to 15.9% between 2013 and 2022. Overall, 49.2 million children were lifted out of extreme poverty during this period. World Bank (PDF link).
• A guaranteed basic income program for pregnant woman in Delaware resulted in $299,520 in reduced hospital stays and $21,600 in reduced emergency department visits. For every dollar invested into the program, there was a return of more than three-dollars. WDEL.
• In Bangladesh, the proportion of market turmeric samples containing detectable lead decreased from 47 percent in 2019 to 0 percent in 2021. Turmeric mill worker blood lead levels dropped a median of 30%. ScienceDirect.
• Globally, the murder rate has dropped 17% in the past 20 years. Warp News.
• Sixty-seven per cent of the world’s population, or 5.4 billion people, are​ now online. Internet users in low-income countries increased by about 17 per cent over the past year. ITU.
• Leposy has declined around 20% since 2013. WHO (PDF link).
• In the last ten years, girls’ school enrollment in Nigeria has skyrocketed from 1.76 million to 2.87 million – representing a 64 per cent increase. UNICEF.
• The number of countries with low health coverage has decreased from 68 to just 14 from 2000 to 2021. WHO (PDF link).
• The Azores bullfinch, one of Europe’s most endangered birds, has bounced back from the brink of extinction after 20 years of habitat restoration in Portugal. Smithsonian.
• UK wind-energy capacity overtakes gas generation for first time. Bloomberg.
• Since the passage of the IRA, companies in the United States have invested over $92.4 billion into EV and battery factories and have created more than 80,000 new jobs in the same time frame. EDF.
• Germany likely to pass 50% mark for renewable power this year. Reuters.
• Florida is now adding more solar power than any other state. Canary Media.
• Semaglutide is not only effective for weight loss, but also reduces heart attacks and stroke. Vox.
• Life-changing cystic fibrosis treatment wins $3-million Breakthrough Prize. Nature.
• Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it. AP.
• Median black household income is now at the highest level it has ever been. Economist Writing Every Day.

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• 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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