Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change

Not the End of the World - Ep147: Dr Hannah Ritchie

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Dec 13, 2023

Dr Hannah Ritchie, a data scientist and science communicator, discusses positive trends in climate change, renewable energy, environmental issues in farming, and the societal process of making choices in addressing environmental problems. She emphasizes the need for hope and practical solutions to combat the climate crisis.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Introduction and Role of an Environmental Data Scientist

01:49 • 2min

Presenting Data on Positive Trends and Addressing Misconceptions

03:23 • 7min

The Urgency of the Climate Crisis

10:35 • 14min

Renewable Energy and the Potential for Rapid Growth

24:54 • 16min

Environmental Issues and Farming Practices

40:45 • 18min

Societal Process of Making Choices and Environmental Justice

58:52 • 2min

Conclusion and Episode Links

01:00:33 • 2min

Dr Hannah Ritchie is a data scientist and science communicator. Her focus is on the largest problems that shape our world, and how to solve them. Most of her work focuses on environmental sustainability, including climate change, energy, food and agriculture, biodiversity, air pollution and deforestation. She is Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher at Our World in Data, where, during the COVID-19 pandemic, she built the Our World in Data COVID-19 information dashboard. She is also a researcher at the Oxford Martin Programme in Global Development.

Her new book, Not the End of the World, is out in January 2024.

Links

Hannah’s TED talk – “Are We the Last Generation — or the First Sustainable One?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl3VVrggKz4

Hannah’s WIRED piece – “Stop Telling Kids They’ll Die From Climate Change”: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/climate-crisis-doom

Rupert Read - How I talk with children about climate breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lt0jCDtYSY

Roger Hallam - Advice to Young People as they face Annihilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au33QX9I-Mg

Roger Hallam at the Oxford Union: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQgBMSefgkM

Hannah’s new book – Not the End of the World: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/453652/not-the-end-of-the-world-by-ritchie-hannah/9781784745004

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