

Highlights: #160 – Hannah Ritchie on why it makes sense to be optimistic about the environment
Oct 17, 2023
Hannah Ritchie, expert on being optimistic about the environment, discusses factors affecting agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, the concept of land productivity and its impact on crop yield, balancing environmental impacts and human needs, accelerating technological advancements in electric vehicles and renewable energy, and the need to radically change the food system to achieve environmental sustainability.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Understanding Land Productivity and Its Impact on Crop Yield
02:33 • 2min
Sustainability and Balancing Environmental Impacts
04:37 • 6min
Accelerating Technological Advancements and Cost Reduction in Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy
10:57 • 3min
Radically Changing the Food System and Examples of Fast Progress
14:20 • 5min