2016 was a year full of hope

ECOLOGY

1. In March, the US government dropped plans for oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic, reversing a decision made the previous year. (Source: Guardian)

2. In 2016, over 20 countries pledged to allocate more than 5,3 billion in ocean conservation, and 40 created new marine conservation areas totaling 3,4 million square miles. (Source: Reuters)

3. New research has shown that acidic pollution in the atmosphere is now almost back to the level it was before the rising industrialization of the 1930 years. (Source: Science Bulletin)

Acid pollution in the atmosphere is almost back to the level it was before the rising industrialization of the 1930 years.

4. In December, the United States and Canada announced a joint ban on all offshore oil and gas activity in the Arctic. (Source: CBC News)

5. The Paris Agreement became the fastest (and largest) UN agreement that went from agreement to international law in modern history. (Source: CBS)

6. Global carbon emissions from fossil fuel use did not increase at all in 2016. It was the third consecutive year of stabilized emissions. (Source: Scientific American)

7. Thanks to rapid technological innovations and political support from much of the world, renewable energy stands for more newly installed capacity than any other type of electricity in the world, including coal. (Source: Gizmodo)

8. In October, the International Energy Agency could report half a million solar panels was installed weekday around the world the year before. They also made a drastic increase in their projections of expected renewable energy growth over the next five years. (Source: IEA)

9. In June, a new study showed that the ozone layer hole has shrunk by more than 3,9 million square miles since 2006. Scientists now believe it will be completely healed by 2050. (Source: Sydney Morning Herald)

10. In July, over 800 volunteers planted 000 million trees in one day in India. The country is planning a 50 percent expansion of its forest land. (Source: National Geographic)

11. In 2016, we heard that the number of wild tigers increased for the first time in 100 years. (Source: National Geographic)

12. The average number of major oil leaks in the world has drastically reduced – from 24,5 cases per year in the 1970s, to only 1,8 in the year 2015. (Source: ITOPF)

13. In 2012, the United States and Mexico launched a unique international project to create new life in colorado river. At the beginning of 2017, it shows amazing results.

14. The Chinese government banned the opening of new coal mines, made new rules for connection to the power grid and doubled the targets for the use of renewable energy by 2020.

15. BRICS New Development Bank approved $ XNUMX billion in renewable energy investments in China, Brazil, South Africa and India. (Source: RT)

FRED

1 percent of all children in the world received training in reading and writing this year. It is the highest proportion in human history. And the gap between the number of boys and the number of girls receiving education narrowed in 93. (Source: Medium)

After the conflict in Colombia ended in 2, all wars in the world are now limited to an area that contains less than one sixth of the world's population. (Source: Associated Press)

The crime rate in the Netherlands fell. It has fallen 3 percent over the past eight years. One third of the country's prison cells are now empty. (Source: Dutch News)

At the beginning of the year, the OECD was able to tell us that global allocations for aid and development have increased by seven per cent, and that money spent on refugees has doubled. (Source: OECD)

5. The number of black inmates in American prisons decreased in 2016. Not fast enough, but certainly something there is reason to celebrate. (Source: Washington Post)

In 6, over 1990 percent of the people in East Asia lived in extreme poverty. In 60, the percentage had dropped to 2016 percent. (Source: Vox)

The number of people starving in the world is the lowest in 25 years.

7. The number of homeless people in the United States has fallen by 35 percent since 2007, and Los Angeles has allocated $ 1,2 billion to help get more people off the streets. (Source: CS Monitor)

8. The number of people starving in the world is the lowest in 25 years. (Source: New York Times)

In February, the Canadian province of Ontario announced a $ 9 million measure to reduce violence against indigenous women. (Source: The Star)

10. The World Health Organization published a report showing that since the year 2000, the number of malaria-related deaths has dropped by 60 percent. (Source: WHO)

11. In 2016, affluent countries experienced that some of the world's most widespread diseases, such as colon cancer, dementia and heart disease, began to occur less frequently. (Source: New York Times)

12. A new study from the world's leading medical journal pointed out that the number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth has almost halved since 1990. (Source: The Guardian)

13. Malawi achieved a 67 percent reduction in the number of children infected with HIV. It is the biggest success story in all the countries south of the Sahara. Since 2004, the country's treatment program has saved 260 lives. (Source: Al Jazeera)

14. Liberia was officially free Ebola in 2016. This means that there are no longer any known cases of the deadly tropical virus left in West Africa. (Source: Vanguard)

15. Researchers at Harvard University have made discoveries that could solve the problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (Source: GEN)