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Hannah Ritchie
Head of Research, Our World in Data
Dr. Hannah Ritchie is Senior Researcher in the Programme for Global Development at the University of Oxford. She is also Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher at Our World in Data. Her research appears regularly in the New York Times, The Economist, and the Financial Times, and in bestselling books including Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now. She is the author of Not the End of the World.
6 min
Is it too late for us to slow climate warming?
“I think the key point is that doesn't mean game over. That doesn't mean we're flipped into a world, and to a point of no return.”
13 min
Doomerism won’t fix the planet, but we can
“You can find examples of really big environmental problems that we've already solved.” Climate change is solvable, argues Hannah Ritchie.
7 min
The overpopulation myth, debunked by a data scientist
Is human overpopulation alarmist hype with disturbing consequences? Oxford data scientist Hannah Ritchie debunks the overpopulation myth.
Sustainability is humanity’s North Star — and it is within our reach
Environmental progress is happening quickly but we must keep pushing for change.
