Historic US climate regulation, millions of anti-dengue mosquitoes, stipends against eviction, social supermarkets
Traffic app for blind riders, bowel cancer diagnosis without biopsies, matchmaking for affordable housing
EU approves supply chain human rights law, affordable gene therapies, redefining Indigenous film narratives
France tackles the fast fashion industry, world-first AI legislation, big drop in UK middle-aged cancer deaths
World’s largest sand battery, bald eagles nest in Toronto for first time, urban food forest in public park
EU to ban products from forced labour, people with Down syndrome live longer than ever, $600m to end cervical cancer
Spain bans short-haul domestic flights, France to make abortion a constitutional right, Finland halves suicide rate
The cities swapping concrete for nature, robot exoskeleton, Michigan repeals decades-old anti-union law
Nonprofit tackles 2 million lbs of ocean-bound waste, CT leads medical debt relief, soccer unites El Salvador
Cash incentives for cyclist commuters, prescription meal kits tackling diabetes, zero poaching in national park
Marseille’s queer mosque, Australia’s ‘right to disconnect’ law passes Senate, Greece legalises same-sex marriage
Zimbabwe scraps death penalty law, violent crime in US drops fast, England launches biodiversity credit scheme
Ecosia plants 200 million trees, Ireland launches deposit return scheme, Brazil’s first all-women samba school
Female education surge in India, US toughens laws on toxic air, “extinct in the wild” bison return to Europe
New Zealand to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in cosmetics, world-first blood test for brain cancer, reducing car thefts
100,000 trees for Celtic rainforest, India to eliminate ‘black fever’, township caravan tackling femicide
Biggest US solar-plus-storage project goes live, UK to ban disposable vapes, intergenerational tutoring
Surge in global green energy, bans halt billions of plastic bags from being used, HPV vaccine success
Nunavut regains resource autonomy, world-first malaria vaccine programme for kids, Thailand’s Clean Air Act
Global tobacco consumption in decline, action against money laundering, guerrilla fighters turned craft brewers
The new cancer drug that’s kinder than chemo, water ATMs, violence prevention strategy in Philly high schools
Flee funds for domestic abuse survivors, Spain’s first lawmaker with Down’s syndrome, UK’s 12-year solar power high
Former “murder capital” records zero homicides, South Korea bans dog meat, “no-blame” bullying approach
Landmark ruling in Guatemala, street cabinets turned into EV charging points, roads made of cigarette butts
California’s media literacy education, world’s tallest wooden wind turbine, Uruguay’s green power revolution
Ecuadorian NGO protects 10% of global bird species, neurodivergent job centres on the rise, female-led porn app
Free public transport for Montpellier residents, NYC bans solitary confinement, solid state EV batteries
Pope greenlights same-sex blessings, bikes for refugees, solar-powered fridges transform Africa’s energy grid
Three million acres returned to Tribal Nations, US sets solar installation record, new Alzheimer’s drugs
Slovenia’s anti child poverty blueprint, EU tightens corporate accountability, Ukraine advances EU accession talks
Disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline, ending overseas funding for fossil fuels, a new approach to psychosis treatment
Austria adopts Housing First model, 2,000 captive rhinos to be released into the wild, saving birds via green tourism
South Africa’s four-day workweek a success, free therapy for young NYers, self-test HIV kits fight stigma
Detroit’s homicide rate plummets, EU bans destruction of unsold clothing, saving a forest by building a clinic
Empowering Ugandan girls with bikes, embracing nature on corporate boards, solar powered health facilities
World’s first marine protected area for sperm whales, Morocco’s earthquake relief, solar energy in Rio’s favelas
China’s emissions on the brink of decline, shared parental leave in South Africa, startups tackling wildfires
First-ever whole-eye transplant, heroin users trained to detect ODs, drive against childhood illiteracy in Angola
World-first gene therapy restores hearing in deaf children, free maternity care in DRC, Kenya’s tree-planting day
Dropping dengue rates thanks to modified mosquitoes, 4-day workweek trial in Valencia, e-bike without battery
Norway’s biggest ever rewilding project, 45% drop in polluting vehicles in London, groundbreaking liver transplant
Tackling social isolation, world’s unstoppable shift to clean energy, real estate agency for the unhoused
Tackling youth gun violence with CBT, zero-waste cities, record number of Roma elected to Slovakian parliament
Warmth from disused coal mines, first Irish town to ban single-use coffee cups, sponges soaking up microplastics
Boston slashes high school dropout rate, Hyderabad’s solar-covered cycle path, five green cities shaping tomorrow
UN announces new rules against toxic chemicals, a second chance for Liberia’s child soldiers, new malaria vaccines
Young people sue 32 nations for climate inaction, writers strike victory, madrassa for transgender community
Landmark high seas treaty takes shape, Bhutan’s snow leopard boom, video documentaries for court defendants
Historic women’s quota bill in India, protecting Brazil’s Indigenous communities, high school for dropouts
Denmark launches world’s first green container ship, robot reef restoration, UK sees butterfly population boom
Peer-to-peer lending transforms lives, Florida’s first hurricane-proof town, preventing gun violence with basketball
African Union becomes member of G20, Scottish civil service to trial four-day week, world’s largest rhino farm saved by NGO
Europe’s e-bike boom, universal free school meals in Massachusetts, France to end printing of paper receipts
Solar saves Europe in heatwave, African teams succeed at Women’s World Cup, AI takes on deadliest disease
Ancient water channels revived in drought-ridden Spain, Barcelona fights overtourism, political fashion
Doulas for newly disabled people, new data on poverty-reduction success, using floods to fight drought in California
California’s free prison calls heal relationships, happiness and profits from four-day workweek, Scotland’s giant water battery