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

In 2022 two substantial stately homes were bought.

Wytham Abbey (built 1480) - bought in July 2022 for £15m (~€18m). Justification for purchase here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xof7iFB3uh8Kc53bG/why-did-cea-buy-wytham-abbey

Hostačov Chateau (founded 1297)  - bought in late 2022 for ~€4m directly with FTX money. Justification for purchase lower down same thread: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/xof7iFB3uh8Kc53bG/why-did-cea-buy-wytham-abbey?commentId=KWnqd6Hw5BdEbeKD3&view=postCommentsNew&postId=xof7iFB3uh8Kc53bG#uwPswQEgHfiHPpJv8

Neither had been announced, only uncovered in press reports, after which EA leaders came out to assert that they were going to announce them later on (detail in the threads above).

These are very real achievements made by Effective Altruists this year. The planning, time and monetary investment alone are impressive. As such, they should be put forward alongside others.