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The world’s largest database of social change milestones, from the first fire to today’s good news.
A Timeline of Human History
We are building the world’s largest database of social change milestones, from the first fire to today’s good news. Change is not only possible, it has happened consistently throughout human history.
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2020 C.E.
May 25 India's first homegrown 12,000 HP electric locomotive marks a genuine leap in what the country can design, build, and deploy at scale. The WAG12B can haul 6,000 tons of freight and recovers energy through regenerative braking — earning it the label "green loco" from Indian Railways. It was built in Bihar, one of India's less industrialized states, making the factory itself part of the story. Whether this translates into lasting emissions cuts depends on...
2020 C.E.
May 25 The nation’s imprisonment rate is at its lowest level in more than two decades. The greatest decline has come among black Americans, whose imprisonment rate has decreased 34% since 2006.
2020 C.E.
May 22 The institutions represent a variety of faiths, including those from Catholic, Methodist, Buddhist, Quaker, Baptist, and Anglican traditions and over $1 billion in assets. The coalition is urging governments to focus on a just, low-carbon future following the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 C.E.
May 21 The Saudi Human Rights Commission welcomed the decision, and said: "This decision ensures that those who were once sentenced with floggings, will now receive fines or prison sentences instead."
2020 C.E.
May 21 “Even though the numbers are still small, you can see a future for this animal,” said senior conservation officer Philip Lo Yik-fui of Hong Kong-based Kadoorie Conservation China, which was driving efforts to protect the gibbons and expand their habitat.
2020 C.E.
May 20 The UC milestone capped a five-year effort to move the public research university system’s $126-billion portfolio into more environmentally sustainable investments. UC officials say their strategy is grounded in concerns about the planet’s future and in what makes financial sense.
2020 C.E.
May 20 The initiative, known as the Great Green Wall, aims to reclaim 247 million acres of land by the year 2030 and create hundreds of thousands of jobs, while warding off the spread of the Sahara and combating the climate crisis.
2020 C.E.
May 19 The “1 Day Sooner” campaign is rallying for healthy, low-risk adults to participate in a “human challenge trial” for developing a coronavirus vaccine. Now, almost 24,000 adults and counting across 102 countries have expressed interested.
2020 C.E.
May 18 The plans, devised by renewable chemicals company Avantium, have already won the support of beer-maker Carlsberg, which hopes to sell its pilsner in a cardboard bottle lined with an inner layer of plant plastic.
2020 C.E.
May 14 The world’s biggest wealth fund was built on Norway’s oil and gas production revenue. Now, the fund is taking a stand against global warming by excluding some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies from its portfolio.
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