It is better to live in the world
For most people in the world, life is getting better. At least if one ignores the epidemic.
Each year, the Social Progress Index measures how residents of 168 countries feel when it comes to health care, security, access to education, rights and the environment.
2021 edition It shows that in 147 of the 168 countries surveyed, people are better off today than they were ten years ago.
More renewable and electric energy
The Glasgow summit in November was previously described as the most important climate summit in many years. Many were disappointed after the meeting, and others believed that progress had been made.
But in other regions, 2021 was a year of significant progress in the fight against the climate. Global electric vehicle sales increased by 80 percent over the previous year. A total of 5.6 million electric cars were sold in 2021 Bloomberg.
Renewable energy has also taken long steps forward. The International Energy Agency (IEA) is notorious for underestimating growth in renewable energy. The International Energy Agency now estimates that renewables will grow by 60 percent by 2026.
Some countries have already moved away from the use of coal. The UK got 30 per cent of its electricity from coal in 2014. By 2020, that number had fallen to 1.6 per cent.
The panda is in trouble
In the 1980s, fewer than 1,000 pandas lived in freedom. After more than 30 years of rescue work can Chinese authorities announce this summer The panda is no longer threatened.
There are now just under 1,900 free-living pandas in China. In addition, more than 600 come to zoos around the world.
In addition to pandas that seem to do well in the 67 sanctuaries established in China, panda food appears to be thriving, too.
Pandas eat 12-38 kilograms of bamboo per day. According to National Geographic, new research shows that bamboo is more resilient when it comes to climate change than previously thought.
Thus, 2021 appears to be a good year for both pandas and their dishes.
One of the deadliest diseases in the world
Malaria is one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Only in 2020 did the disease take hold Who is the The lives of 627,000 people.
More than 260,000 African children under the age of five die each year from malaria. Africa is responsible for 96 percent of all deaths from this disease,
In October, the World Health Organization, after a major advance in research, was able to recommend a malaria vaccine for children for the first time.
The development of a new malaria vaccine this year will have the long-term ability to save hundreds of thousands of the world’s most vulnerable children. This is a huge step forward, Save the Children Secretary General Birgit Lange tells NTB.
More than 9 billion doses of vaccine
By the end of 2020, only a few thousand have been vaccinated against COVID-19. according to Our world in data 0.091 percent of the world’s population received the first dose on December 31, 2020.
At the end of 2021, 9.15 billion doses were identified, and 32.09 million doses were determined each day. 58.2 percent of the world’s population received at least one dose.
The differences are significant, in a country like Haiti, more than one percent of the population is vaccinated.
However, the COVID-19 vaccination program is a historic success. Never before has a vaccine been developed so quickly and mass-produced so quickly. And the continent with the largest proportion of vaccines is not one of the richest, but South America, where 76 percent have received at least one dose.
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