📈 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.

Kent Olofsson 1 min read

✨ People's verdict: 2022 is a year of optimism

The coming year will be better both for each and everyone of us and for the world at large, many believe according to an opinion poll.

Linn Winge 2 min read

🌆 Green spaces help people feel less lonely

Studies show that adding green spaces to cities can help people feel less lonely - and become healthier.

Linn Winge 2 min read

🥦France bans plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables

Starting this year, France has banned plastic packaging for a large number of fruits and vegetables.

Ulrika Gerth 6 min read

💸Effective charity takes giving to the next level

In the shadow of the big names, effective charities are setting a new standard for giving. This is what you need to know about giving to really make a difference.

Ewa Thorslund 11 min read

🌎 "If I'm not allowed to solve problems, I'll die"

Rustam Nabiev left Tajikistan for Sweden, KTH, to improve healthcare in some of the world's poorest countries. Warp News writer Ewa Thorslund is your guide on the incomparable journey of a disruptable entrepreneur.

Kent Olofsson 1 min read

🌲 More hedges mean more environmental benefits

Hedges create protected environments for thousands of species and can reduce the need for pesticides.

Kent Olofsson 1 min read

🎅The Swedes are going for a sustainable Christmas this year

More sustainable food on the Christmas table and fewer Christmas presents under the Christmas tree. This is what the upcoming holidays look like in Sweden.

Peter KjällkvistMagnus Aschan 9 min read

🎄 Christmas through the ages – A story about how things have gotten better

The ham and the pickled herring are on the table, and the bread is baked. Add to that Christmas beer, and Swedes would recognize it as a typical Christmas, regardless of whether you looked into a home this year, a hundred or two hundred years ago. So what has changed, and what has improved?

Kent Olofsson 1 min read

🐆 20 percent more jaguars in Mexico

Larger protected areas and good support from the local population have given results to the jaguars in Mexico.