The past year hasn’t generally been a cheerful one for those hoping the world will get a grip on climate change. We’re now around the middle of the 2020s, a decade when carbon dioxide emissions need to decline by about half if we’re to avoid damaging warming. Instead they’re still rising, if only just. The recent COP28 climate meeting in Dubai provided little sign of change.

It’s not all bad, however. Yesterday we looked at three pieces of bad climate news you may have missed over the past year. Today we’re looking at three more positive trends.