Hannah Ritchie (@hannahritchiedata) • Threads, Say more

My conversation with

on my new book, climate solutions, the responsibility of rich countries, and how global diets might change in the future.

One of humanity's greatest achievements is stopping women from dying in childbirth.

Maternal death rates (per 100,000 births) in the generations that came before me:

Mum: 6 Grandma: 27 Great-grandma: 300 Great-great-grandma: 450

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Data is from Gapminder, WHO, and OECD.

You can explore this data for other countries here: ourworldindata.org/graph…

China is making good electric cars, very cheaply.

For reference, 100K yuan is around $14,000.

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The most viable path to tackling climate change is producing affordable, good low-carbon replacements for carbon-intensive products.

People make the switch, regardless of whether they care about climate or not.

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