Nepal eliminates trachoma as a public health problem
The country becomes the first in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to defeat the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.
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The country becomes the first in WHO’s South-East Asia Region to defeat the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.
Nepal eliminates trachoma as a public health problem Read more
The nation’s incarceration rate has declined every year since 2006 and is now at its lowest point since 1996.
America’s incarceration rate is at a two-decade low Read more
Brazil now has 320 MW of distributed solar generation, a sector which grew 270% in 2016, 304% in 2017, and is expected to increase by 358% in 2018.
Brazil’s solar capacity expected increase by 358% in 2018 Read more
Boko Haram, and by extension ISIS/ISIL, has been routed from the 24 local areas in Nigeria they used to administer. Bolstered by international assistance, the Nigerian army has led this regional fight against terrorism.
Boko Haram has been routed from the 24 local areas in Nigeria they used to administer Read more
New president embraces ‘titanic and beautiful task’ of complete renewable energy transition.
Costa Rica to ban fossil fuels and become world’s first decarbonised society Read more
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act allows people to choose their gender and to have that identity recognized on official documents, including national IDs, passports and driver’s licenses.
Pakistan passes historic transgender rights bill Read more
A quarter of the €1.279 trillion budget for 2021 to 2027 will be dedicated to spending designed to combat climate change. That includes funding for renewable energy, efficiency improvements, and adaptation to the effects of climate change.
E.U. plans to spend a quarter of its budget on climate protection Read more
A policy brief published on Monday by U.K.-based climate research institute the Grantham Institute finds there are now over 1,500 laws and policies in place worldwide, up from only 72 in 1997, with 106 introduced since the Paris Agreement was finalised at the end of 2015.
All 197 Paris Agreement signatories now taking climate action Read more
The landmark plan includes funds for improving water quality by reducing pollution from farm fertilizer runoff, and encourage reef restoration by experimenting with laboratory-grown coral that is more durable at higher temperatures.
Australia is investing $379 million to save the Great Barrier Reef Read more
EU countries voted on Friday for a near-total ban on insecticides blamed for killing off bee populations, in what campaigners called a “beacon of hope” for the winged insects.
E.U. to ban bee-killing pesticides Read more