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In 2004, it took the world a year to add one gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day.

In 2004, it took the world a year to add one gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day.

“Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere” is at the very top of the UN's development agenda. But because the UN is not measuring...

“Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere” is at the very top of the UN's development agenda.

But because the UN is not measuring poverty adequately, the fight against poverty has been pushed to the sidelines.

In the NYTimes I published my proposal for what the UN can do.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/24/opinion/global-poverty-rates.html

No generation ever experienced better living conditions than our generation today.And no generation was ever in a better position to make...

No generation ever experienced better living conditions than our generation today.

And no generation was ever in a better position to make progress against the big challenges that are ahead.

These are my points in my ‘Short history of global living conditions’: https://ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions

It’s crucial to have good data on suicides if we want to improve suicide prevention.But the available data can be confusing and difficult...

It’s crucial to have good data on suicides if we want to improve suicide prevention.

But the available data can be confusing and difficult to interpret.

To help you find the data that is appropriate for the question you have my colleague @salonium wrote an in-depth explainer on suicide statistics:
https://ourworldindata.org/how-do-global-statistics-on-suicide-differ-between-sources

In the 1990s and early 2000s the number of deaths from HIV/AIDS increased year after year.As my colleague Saloni Dattani shows in our Daily...

In the 1990s and early 2000s the number of deaths from HIV/AIDS increased year after year.

As my colleague Saloni Dattani shows in our Daily Data Insight this increase ended in 2004, thanks to the introduction of antiretrovirals.

UNAIDS estimates that a million people's lives are now saved by antiretroviral therapy each year.

Many of us can save a child’s life, if we rely on the best data.I think this is one of the most important facts about our world. I write...

Many of us can save a child’s life, if we rely on the best data.

I think this is one of the most important facts about our world.

I write about it in my new article: https://ourworldindata.org/cost-effectiveness

GiveDirectly is a charity helping the poorest people in the world.It does this by making possible what its name suggests. They give your...

GiveDirectly is a charity helping the poorest people in the world.

It does this by making possible what its name suggests. They give your money directly to people in poverty.

If you can give a $100, it would make a big difference to someone else https://www.givedirectly.org/

In the last two decades, the world has made very good progress against global poverty.Except at the very lowest cutoffs. The very, very...

In the last two decades, the world has made very good progress against global poverty.

Except at the very lowest cutoffs. The very, very poorest people in our world live on extremely little and this situation has barely changed since 2010.

A fact that doesn't get the attention that it deserves.

We have a full-time position available for a writer at @OurWorldInData!A job where you can entirely focus on writing — an absolute dream...

We have a full-time position available for a writer at @OurWorldInData!

A job where you can entirely focus on writing — an absolute dream job, if you ask me.

You can find all details and how you can apply here: https://ourworldindata.org/writer-q2-2024

One of my main motivations for founding Our World in Data was to overcome the mad reality in academia that much of the most important...

One of my main motivations for founding Our World in Data was to overcome the mad reality in academia that much of the most important research and data is locked away behind paywalls.

I wanted research and data to be a public good, accessible to *everyone*.

If you find our work valuable, I would appreciate if you would pay us a little so that we can make good data and research accessible to everyone.
https://ourworldindata.org/donate

The majority of people in countries around the world support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates their share.The...

The majority of people in countries around the world support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates their share.

The new article by Hannah Ritchie on Our World in Data: 'More people care about climate change than you think'

https://ourworldindata.org/climate-change-support

'More people care about climate change than you think'My colleague @hannahritchie.bsky.social just published her latest article on...

'More people care about climate change than you think'

My colleague @hannahritchie.bsky.social just published her latest article on Our World in Data: https://ourworldindata.org/climate-change-support

I've updated my Short History of Global Living Conditions.here it is: ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions

I've updated my Short History of Global Living Conditions.

here it is: ourworldindata.org/a-history-of-global-living-conditions

We just launched a new, additional article format on Our World in Data.We are calling it “Data Insights”. It's a very short format...

We just launched a new, additional article format on Our World in Data.

We are calling it “Data Insights”. It's a very short format of just one chart and the takeaway from it — a bit like a post here on mastodon.

We hope you like it!

https://ourworldindata.org/launching-data-insights

The share of children who died before they are 5 years old declined in all world regions.Africa 32% ➘ 7% Asia 25% ➘ 3% Oceania 9% ➘ 2%...

The share of children who died before they are 5 years old declined in all world regions.

Africa 32% ➘ 7%
Asia 25% ➘ 3%
Oceania 9% ➘ 2%
Latin America & Caribbean 21% ➘ 2%
Northern America 4% ➘ 0.6%
Europe 9% ➘ 0.4%
Globally 22% ➘ 3.7%

From our work on child mortality https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality

We're hiring a Communications & Outreach Manager.This is the very first time that we ever hire for this position! The possibilities...

We're hiring a Communications & Outreach Manager.

This is the very first time that we ever hire for this position! The possibilities to have a big positive impact are therefore very large, I think.

The deadline is this Sunday.

👇 Here are all details:
https://ourworldindata.org/communications-outreach-manager-q4-2023

Extreme poverty: How far have we come, and how far do we still have to go? → My short article on the history and future of extreme...

Extreme poverty: How far have we come, and how far do we still have to go?

→ My short article on the history and future of extreme poverty: https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty-in-brief

Oil spills from tankers used to be much more common. From our page on oil spills, which we just updated:...

Oil spills from tankers used to be much more common.

From our page on oil spills, which we just updated: https://ourworldindata.org/oil-spills

Three decades ago a quarter of all children in Malawi died before they were five years old.Since then the child mortality rate has declined...

Three decades ago a quarter of all children in Malawi died before they were five years old.

Since then the child mortality rate has declined to below 4%.

(from our Health Explorer https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/global-health?tab=chart&time=1989..latest&facet=none&country=~MWI&Health+Area=Child+health&Indicator=Child+mortality&Metric=Rate&Source=UN+WPP)

As training computation has increased, AI systems have become more powerful.This shows the development over the last seven decades. It is...

As training computation has increased, AI systems have become more powerful.

This shows the development over the last seven decades. It is from my @OurWorldInData article "The brief history of artificial intelligence": https://ourworldindata.org/brief-history-of-AI