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🌳 Amazon deforestation lowest in 13 years
Deforestation fell 36 percent from the previous year and was 55.6 percent below the average of the past ten years. That is according to new satellite data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, INPE. The decline has continued since 2023.
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🔥 The world has never burned this little. 📉 HIV infections and AIDS deaths at lowest level in over 30 years. 🌊 After decades of drought, groundwater south of the Sahara has risen.
🥵 Texas handled record electricity demand in the heat thanks to solar and batteries
High temperatures pushed electricity demand in Texas to record levels in late July. The old record was broken two days in a row. Still they did not need to ask residents to conserve electricity. Such calls have otherwise been common during the hottest months in recent years.
💸 Africa's own payment system reaches 28 countries: transfers in seconds instead of days and billions in saved fees
Payments between African countries have previously taken days and gone through US dollars and banks in New York. With PAPSS, the money moves in seconds, in local currencies. The detour via the dollar is estimated to cost around 5 billion dollars a year in avoidable exchange fees.
🌏 Global greenhouse gas emissions have almost stopped growing
Emissions rose 0.2 percent compared with the first half of 2025. Between 2015 and 2023, they grew by an average of 1.1 percent per year. China and the United States, the world's two largest emitters, saw their emissions fall by 0.3 and 0.4 percent respectively.
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🔥 The world has never burned this little. 📉 HIV infections and AIDS deaths at lowest level in over 30 years. 🌊 After decades of drought, groundwater south of the Sahara has risen.
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