The world crossed several serious thresholds over the last couple of months and not in a good way either – highest ocean temperatures , lowest Antarctic sea ice, record breaking wildfires in Canada, heatwaves in Siberia, so it's easy to lose sight of the good things which are happening around the world. Just so we don't all become paralysed by inaction, I want to mention some of those today. This list is not comprehensive. If you’d like more of the same including good news in medicine, literacy and Human Rights see Future Crunch. Other info has come from various sources such as Twitter, The Guardian and other independent news outlets as indicated. Conservation China has officially reserved and area the size of western Europe on the Tibetan plateau to safeguard wildlife, water supplies, reverse environmental degradation such as deforestation, desertification and to mitigate against the effects of climate change. If successful, this will have a profou...
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