EA's Achievements in 2022

Robert Wiblin's slide deck for his 'good news' talk at EAGx Australia (July 2022) has some good content.

From this talk, I'll highlight:

• Animal corporate campaigns really were working.
  • As of May 2022, 980, or 88%, of companies globally had fulfilled their commitment to stop buying caged eggs, which equates to over 100 million animals out of cages.
  • There had been a concern that companies wouldn't follow through on their commitments, and some have delayed here and there. But seems like there's also a reasonable level of success
• Giving What We Can is accelerating again - I just checked now and they're on over 8,060 full pledges, versus 6,621 at the start of 2022. With $3 billion pledged, it's becoming its own quirky sort of megadonor.
• Alvea: full speed ahead on vaccine innovation. It was running pre-clinical trials in mice and sheep within 60 days of its founding in 2021, and aims to produce a platform for developing vaccines cheaply and scalably so that they can reach developing countries faster.
• Open Philanthropy launched programs in two new cause areas (the first in five years): South Asian Air Quality, and Global Aid Policy
   

CE Incubated 5 Charities in 2022: 

• Center for Effective Aid Policy- identifying and promoting high-impact development policies and interventions.
• Centre for Exploratory Altruism Research (CEARCH)- conducting cause prioritization research and outreach.
• Maternal Health Initiative- producing transformative benefits to women’s health, agency, and income through increased access to family planning.
• Kaya Guides- reducing depression and anxiety among youth in low-and middle-income countries.
• Vida Plena- building strong mental health in Latin America.

A thread focusing on longtermist/x-risk wins: https://twitter.com/ellegist/status/1603785363922849792

Another relevant thread, with some crossover: https://twitter.com/effectvaltruism/status/1608167056003956737?s=46&t=miyouvgawFL8KQuJWhT1mw