Hannah Ritchie

Hannah Ritchie

Writer at Our World in Data

Writer at Our World in Data

Amidst the chaos of natural disasters, a man pulls a child in a small boat through a flooded street lined with houses.
A deep dive into missing data and the limitations of disaster databases.
Crowd of diverse people at a climate protest holding signs with messages like "act now before it's too late".
The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share.
Food transport accounted for only 6% of emissions, but the production of dairy, meat, and eggs accounted for 83%
Changes in the world population are determined by two metrics: the number of babies born, and number of people dying.
Livestock now outweighs wild mammals and birds ten-fold.