Sustainability by numbers

Can we break the human development-environment trade-off?

The opportunity to build a human-nature relationship that is not zero-sum.

Dec 9 • Hannah Ritchie

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What happened on energy and climate in China this year?

Emissions flatlined; clean power pushed out coal; and oil for transport falls again.

Dec 5 • Hannah Ritchie

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November 2025

Will oil and gas consumption keep rising through 2050?

Unpacking some of the assumptions behind the IEA's policy scenarios.

Nov 17 • Hannah Ritchie

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What happened to global carbon emissions this year?

Emissions from fossils are up, emissions from land use are down.

Nov 13 • Hannah Ritchie

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Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen again in 2025

Progress on deforestation, but increased threats from wildfires.

Nov 4 • Hannah Ritchie

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October 2025

Artificial intelligence could dramatically improve weather forecasting

An AI-based model outperformed every other in forecasting the Indian monsoon this year. This helped millions of farmers.

Oct 27 • Hannah Ritchie

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How unprecedented is power demand growth in the United States?

Electricity generation is expected to rise. But will it grow much faster than it did in the past?

Oct 20 • Hannah Ritchie

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Eliminating contrails from flying could be incredibly cheap

Could we halve aviation's climate impact at a fraction of the cost of sustainable aviation fuels?

Oct 7 • Hannah Ritchie

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September 2025

The world is on track for record harvests this year

What do the latest projections expect for global food production and yields of different crops?

Sep 22 • Hannah Ritchie

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My new book — Clearing the Air — is published in the UK today

A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change — in 50 Questions and Answers

Sep 18 • Hannah Ritchie

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The Electrotech Revolution: Some insights into a new way of thinking about the transition

From burning old sunshine to using it in real-time.

Sep 16 • Hannah Ritchie

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Which countries are scaling solar and wind the fastest?

The leaderboard is quite different depending on what metric you look at.

Sep 9 • Hannah Ritchie

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