Malaria deaths fell to the lowest level ever recorded last year. The mortality rate has dropped by almost 60% in the last two decades, from 24.7 per 100,000 people in 2000 to 10.1 per 100,000 in 2019. 1.5 billion malaria cases and 7.6 million malaria deaths have been averted globally in the period between 2000 and 2019. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240015791
Singapore has become the first country in the world to give the go-ahead to meat created without slaughtering any animals, after approving the sale of lab-grown chicken nuggets. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/worlds-first-cell-cultured-chicken-likely-to-be-at-restaurants-in-singapore
A new study has shown that air quality in Europe has improved dramatically in the past decade. Thanks to the implementation of better environmental and climate policies, around 60,000 fewer people died prematurely due to fine particulate matter pollution in 2018, compared with 2009. For nitrogen dioxide, the reduction is even greater; premature deaths have declined by about 54%. https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/marked-improvement-in-europes-air
All six major US banks have now ruled out financing oil and gas development in the Arctic. https://www.sierraclub.org/articles/2020/12/not-single-major-us-bank-now-willing-finance-arctic-drilling
The leaders of 14 countries responsible for 40% of the ocean’s shores have pledged to end overfishing, restore fish stocks and stop pollution from entering their waters, in what has been described as the world’s biggest ocean sustainability initiative. https://www.positive.news/society/positive-news-stories-from-week-49-of-2020/
Revolutionary new treatment destroys cancer cells permanently in animal trials. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/crispr-based-genome-editing-system-destroys-cancer-cells-tel-aviv/
New additive makes plastic not only biodegradable, but break down within a year. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/polymaterias-plastic-packaging-biodegradable/
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