A week of progress: vaccines, green growth, and nature-led wins

England’s HPV vaccination program is driving cervical cancer deaths among young women toward zero; India has halved its smoking rate this century, and six marine protected areas were named Blue Park Award winners. Global blood donations rose about 19% since 2013 (though access remains unequal). The green economy surpassed $10 trillion, urban beavers mitigated flooding in west London, and innovations such as Teplizumab delaying type 1 diabetes onset by up to three years and UK EVs outselling petrol cars signal broad progress.