📈 Human Progress
In the last decades humanity has made great progress with less extreme poverty, increased health, wealth and democracy. We follow in the tradition of professor Hans Rosling.
🦟 New type of mosquito net receives WHO approval in the fight against malaria-carrying mosquitoes
New mosquito nets that both protect and kill mosquitoes receive WHO approval.
💡 A new mindset for humanity can impact billions of people now and in the future
If we succeed in giving humanity more optimism about the future, it will not only affect those living now but also all generations and billions of people who will live in the future.
🐸 This frog is leapfrogging back
Miraculous comeback of harlequin frogs offers hope for other "extinct" species. Scientists discover the resurgence of species previously thought to be lost forever.
📉 Extreme poverty eradicated by 2050, according to a new study
Continued economic growth will ensure that almost no one is left in the most desperate poverty, says Charles Kenny, one of the study's authors.
🦋 The monarch butterfly exceeds last year's number
For the second year in a row, the annual Western monarch count which measures the population of overwintering butterflies came back with fantastic news. The population exceeded last year’s number and proves that this success is not a fluke.
🌳 Increased canopy coverage in cities can prevent heat-related deaths
A study has shown that planting trees in urban areas can prohibit mortality caused by high temperatures.
🧒 Children's lung health has improved and urban air has become cleaner
What effect do air pollutants have on lung function? New study provides hope for improved health in young adults.
🌳 Triple alliance formed to save the jungle
The world’s three largest rainforest nations have formed a partnership in order to cooperate on rainforest preservation.
🚗 Emissions from passenger cars are sharply decreasing
Carbon dioxide emissions in Sweden decreased in 2022 and a large part of the reason is that passenger cars now emit less carbon dioxide.