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The latest good news from around the world for climate, justice, freedom, peace, and health

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Reforestation & forest protection: the wins bringing the world’s forests back

Reforestation is transforming landscapes on every continent — from China’s 170-million-acre planting program to Brazil’s 50% drop in Amazon deforestation. This guide covers the biggest forest restoration and protection wins worldwide: the trees planted, the policies passed, the communities leading the way, and what the science says is actually working.

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The electric vehicle revolution: the milestones driving the shift to clean transportation

Electric vehicle adoption is reshaping transportation on every continent. From China selling one-in-four new cars as battery-electric to Norway’s EV fleet outnumbering gas cars, and from hydrogen trains in Germany to all-electric buses in Sub-Saharan Africa, this hub tracks the milestones, policies, and technologies driving the fastest energy transition in transport history.

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Indigenous rights: the wins restoring land, sovereignty, and stewardship

Indigenous rights are advancing on every continent, with landmark land returns, historic court rulings, and record political representation reshaping the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the states that once dispossessed them. This hub tracks 37 milestone victories — from Brazil’s Supreme Court ruling to the Yurok Tribe’s largest-ever California land deal — documenting what progress looks like in practice.

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Women’s rights: the wins advancing equality, health, and opportunity

Women’s rights progress is accelerating across every region — from France enshrining abortion in its constitution to India’s cash transfers reaching 118 million women recognizing unpaid labor. This guide tracks the most significant legal, political, reproductive health, and economic milestones worldwide, drawing on 42 documented stories of reform, leadership, and breakthrough.

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Climate progress: the wins and breakthroughs bending the curve

Climate progress is accelerating across every front: renewables now supply nearly half of global power capacity, EV sales topped 20 million units in 2025, and nations from Uruguay to Australia have crossed historic clean-energy milestones. This hub tracks the landmark policies, technology breakthroughs, reforestation wins, and market shifts proving that decarbonization is not just possible — it’s already underway.

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Disease elimination & public health wins: the breakthroughs saving millions of lives

Public health wins are accelerating worldwide: Africa is wild-polio-free, global suicide rates have dropped 40%, Mexico now covers 133 million citizens with universal healthcare, and new vaccines for malaria, RSV, and cancer are reshaping what medicine can prevent. This definitive guide covers 60 breakthrough stories — disease elimination, drug approvals, policy reforms, and the science driving it all.

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Ocean & marine protection: the wins safeguarding life beneath the waves

Marine protection is delivering measurable results worldwide: more than 10% of the ocean is now formally protected, the High Seas Treaty entered into force in 2026, and dozens of nations are hitting or exceeding the 30×30 biodiversity target. This hub tracks the biggest ocean conservation wins — from coral restoration breakthroughs to historic fishing reforms and landmark legal rulings.