A UN-backed panel says the Antarctic ozone hole will fully close within the century — proof that global environmental treaties can work.
Прочитать статьюThe WHO says targeted mosquito-net programs and the R21 vaccine have prevented an estimated 12 million child deaths across sub-Saharan Africa.
New World Bank figures show extreme poverty has fallen from 36 percent in 1990 to 8.4 percent today — the largest drop in recorded history.
An International Energy Agency briefing confirms utility-scale solar has become the lowest-cost electricity source in most of the world — a shift few predicted a decade ago.
Satellite data show the largest year-on-year drop in Amazon forest loss in two decades, driven by federal action against illegal cattle ranching.
A one-time treatment that in trials cured most patients of sickle cell disease is now available in a dozen new health systems, mostly in Europe and the Middle East.
New UNESCO figures show reading and writing has spread further and faster than any other skill in human history — with women's literacy driving most of the gains.
A coordinated planting campaign has hit its target 18 months early, with two-thirds of the trees planted by community volunteers rather than governments.
The largest sustained drop on record is credited to means restriction, mental health investment and reduced pesticide access in South Asia.
A 190-meter container vessel powered by battery banks and swappable pods has completed the first zero-emissions transpacific voyage.
Archaeologists working in eastern Turkey have identified a settlement whose surviving inhabitants still speak a variant of biblical Aramaic — one of the last living communities to do so.
The share of children who die before their fifth birthday has fallen from 22 percent in 1960 to 3.6 percent today — the largest gain in the history of human welfare.