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646,241 views | Hannah Ritchie | TED2023 • April 2023The word "sustainability" gets thrown around a lot these days. But what does it actually mean for humanity to be sustainable? Environmental data scientist Hannah Ritchie digs into the numbers behind human progress across centuries, unpacking why the conventional understanding of sustainability is misleading and showing how we can be the first generation of humans to actually achieve it.The word "sustainability" gets thrown around a lot these days. But what does it actually mean for humanity to be sustainable? Environmental data scientist Hannah Ritchie digs into the numbers behind human progress across centuries, unpacking why the conventional understanding of sustainability is misleading and showing how we can be the first generation of humans to actually achieve it.This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.Hannah RitchieEnvironmental data scientistSee speaker profileHannah Ritchie wants to use data to change the way we see the world.Max Roser | Our World in Data, 2023 | ArticleMax Roser, founder of Our World in Data, looks at the research on rates of child mortality in the past. Best estimates suggests that around half of newborns died before reaching puberty — this was true through most of human history. Yet the world has seen dramatic declines over the last few centuries.ourworldindata.org | ExploreHannah Ritchie is deputy editor at Our World in Data, an online web publication that uses data and research to understand the world's largest problems and how to solve them. Many of the trends on poverty, child mortality, education, CO2 emissions and energy can be explored on this website.Hannah Ritchie | Vox, 2023 | ArticleRitchie discusses the various versions of pessimism and optimism. Pessimism can leave us feeling helpless to drive change, or even defensive. Complacent optimism — where people assume that progress will continue — is dangerous. Active optimism — where people imagine a better world if we push and create change — is where Ritchie lies.Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling | Flatiron Books, 2020 | BookThis book is written by Hans Rosling — the pioneer of data-driven TED Talks — alongside Ola and Anna Rosling-Rönnlund. It covers the staggering improvements in human development that have happened over the last few centuries, and inspired Ritchie to see the world differently.drawdown.org | ExploreAn essential resource to understand what the important solutions are to tackling climate change.Katharine Hayhoe | One Signal Publishers, 2022 | BookClimate scientist Katherine Hayhoe provides a case for hope on the global challenge of tackling global warming. If climate scientists — who look at the harsh realities of this problem every day — can still be optimistic, there is hope for others too.This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

646,241 views | Hannah Ritchie | TED2023 • April 2023The word "sustainability" gets thrown around a lot these days. But what does it actually mean for humanity to be sustainable? Environmental data scientist Hannah Ritchie digs into the numbers behind human progress across centuries, unpacking why the conventional understanding of sustainability is misleading and showing how we can be the first generation of humans to actually achieve it.The word "sustainability" gets thrown around a lot these days. But what does it actually mean for humanity to be sustainable? Environmental data scientist...

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