70% of US citizens are now living five years after a cancer diagnosis – up from around 50% in 1970

China and India both recorded a fall in coal power generation last year

January 30, 2026

The UN reports Gaza’s basic food needs are being met by aid

January 26, 2026

A global treaty to conserve the high seas has come into effect

January 22, 2026

Eighty per cent of countries are expected to have seen a reduction in poverty in 2025

January 19, 2026

The US murder rate has tumbled due to a ‘remarkable drop in crime’

January 16, 2026

In the UK, junk food advertising is restricted to after 9pm on television and is banned entirely online

January 13, 2026

Australia is on track to become the first nation in the world to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035

January 10, 2026

Parliament in Poland approves bill to ban keeping your dog chained up or permanently left outside

January 8, 2026

The US supreme court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision to legalise same-sex marriage

December 27, 2025

Ecuador extends rights of nature to coastal ecosystems

December 22, 2025

NHS expands free morning-after pill access across England

December 19, 2025

Homeless people to get bank accounts in UK

December 17, 2025

The UK has set out a plan to end animal testing

December 15, 2025

Ban on plastic wet wipes announced for England

December 11, 2025

Glen Affric has joined Affric Highlands, the UK’s largest rewilding landscape

December 8, 2025

The Paris agreement has spurred solar power on to become the fastest-growing source of electricity ever

December 5, 2025

Egypt has defeated an ancient disease

December 1, 2025

Denmark announces a social media ban for under-15s

November 28, 2025

Extraordinary image reveals one of the ocean’s most unusual dolphins

November 25, 2025

Germany’s Heilbronn celebrated as European green capital 2027

November 22, 2025