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March 03

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Nuclear weapons: Why reducing the risk of nuclear war should be a key concern of our generation

The consequences of nuclear war would be devastating. Much more should – and can – be done to reduce the risk that humanity will ever fight such a war

Max Roser

February 16

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Employment in agriculture: data sources and definitions

How do we produce long-term datasets on agricultural employment?

Hannah Ritchie

February 10

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Why randomized controlled trials matter and the procedures that strengthen them

Randomized controlled trials are a key tool to study cause and effect. Why do they matter and how do they work?

Saloni Dattani

February 09

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CO₂ emissions dataset: our sources and methods

How do we construct our global data on CO₂ emissions?

Hannah Ritchie

February 07

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FAQs on the environmental impacts of food

Common questions on data on the environmental footprint of foods

Hannah Ritchie

February 06

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What is childhood wasting?

Childhood wasting is an important indicator of malnutrition. What is it, and how is it measured?

Hannah Ritchie

February 04

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What is childhood stunting?

Stunting is an important marker of childhood malnutrition. But what is it, and how is it measured?

Hannah Ritchie

February 04

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What is undernourishment and how is it measured?

How do we measure the prevalence of hunger across the world?

Hannah Ritchie

February 03

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In most countries, democracy is a recent achievement. Dictatorship is far from a distant memory

How old are democracies across the world?

Bastian Herre

January 31

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How we’re building a team for better data at Our World in Data

Data is too often published in a way that’s hard to understand, check and build upon – reinforcing the low valuation it gets in society. Here is how we’re trying to break out of this bad equilibrium.

Joe Hasell

January 25

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Around one-in-three children globally suffer from lead poisoning. What can we do to reduce this?

Estimates suggest that around every third child in the world suffers from lead poisoning. What can we do to reduce this?

Hannah Ritchie

January 19

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Dairy vs. plant-based milk: what are the environmental impacts?

A growing number of people are interested in switching to plant-based alternatives to dairy. But are they better for the environment, and which is best?

Hannah Ritchie

January 11

Article

The history of the end of poverty has just begun

The decline of global poverty is one of the most important achievements in history, but the end of poverty is still very far away.

Max Roser

January 11

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Many countries have eliminated lead from paint. How do we achieve the same everywhere?

Paint is an important source of lead exposure. Which countries have regulations on its use?

Hannah Ritchie

January 11

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Many countries have achieved an impressive reduction in lead poisoning

The phase out of leaded gasoline, and regulations on leaded paints and pipes has led to a dramatic reduction in lead poisoning across many countries.

Hannah Ritchie

January 11

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How the world eliminated lead from gasoline

In 2021, Algeria became the last country to ban leaded gasoline. How did the world achieve it?

Hannah Ritchie

January 06

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The IEA wants to make their data available to the public – now it is on governments of the world’s rich countries to make this happen

We are just one step away from unlocking the world's energy data for everyone. This would be a massive achievement for progress on energy and climate.

Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser

December 24

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December 15

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Attitudes to COVID-19 vaccinations

How do attitudes to COVID-19 vaccinations vary across the world; and how are they changing with time?

Bobbie Macdonald

December 09

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Global economic inequality: what matters most for your living conditions is not who you are, but where you are

How much does it matter to be born into a productive, industrialized economy?

Max Roser

December 07

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How much energy do countries consume when we take offshoring into account?

How do energy footprints compare across the world when we adjust for the goods that we import from overseas?

Hannah Ritchie