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7. December 2021

16 teams compete in Saudi Arabia’s official women’s football league, launched recently after decades of women playing in hiding.

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5. December 2021

36,000 square kilometres of new forest will be planted by China each year until 2025 to fight climate change.

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2. December 2021

147 nations recorded a better score in the Social Progress Index (health, safety, education, technology, human rights) than a decade ago.

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30. November 2021

20 million fewer smokers globally this year compared to 2015 numbers, according to the 4th WHO global tobacco trends report.

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27. November 2021

50% decline in prostate cancer death rate in Canada since the peak in 1995.

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24. November 2021

90% reduction in cases of cervical cancer amongst young women in England since 2008 through HPV vaccine.

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22. November 2021

94% decline in the annual number of measles deaths globally between 2000 and 2020.

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20. November 2021

79% of fish catch around the world is sustainable, meaning caught without overfishing.

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18. November 2021

240 wild tigers live in Nepal’s national parks and protected areas today, up from 121 tigers in 2010.

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15. November 2021

500,000 new jobs in the renewable energy sector in 2020 globally, a total number of 12 million green jobs by now.

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