Where will the next 1000 babies be born? In 2023, if not already, India will take over China as the…
Comparisons of the absolute numbers, as some headlines do, is making a mistake that’s known in statistics as a ‘base…
Battery prices fall by an average of 19% for every doubling of capacity. Even more promising is that this rate…
If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use by 75% by Hannah Ritchie March…
This is equivalent to the total carbon footprint of tens or hundreds of people in many countries of the world. Most people…
Top 1% of EU households have carbon footprints 22 times larger than climate targets allow by Hannah Ritchie Flying is…
Many different breakdowns of global emissions are used to allocate blame or responsibility for addressing climate change: per capita, annual,…
We all can do our part to become a more sustainable consumer or a “Food Saving Hero”. Besides we can…
Coal is responsible for over 800,000 premature deaths per year globally and many millions more serious and minor illnesses. Children Play…
These two questions are at the center of the difficulties in reaching a global agreement like the Paris Accord where…
by Hannah RitchieOur World in Data presents the empirical evidence on global development in entries dedicated to specific topics. This…
Substituting less than one day per week’s worth of calories from beef and dairy products to chicken, fish, eggs, or…