Hannah Ritchie

My favourite event of the year 🧵👇

Big China electricity&industial data update🧵for September:
➡️Power generation from coal and gas dropped 5%, for a 1.2% fall in the first nine months of the year.
➡️Crude steel production fell by 5% and cement output by 9% in Sep, accelerating from 3% and 5% drops year-to-date.

Thank you for reading, Franck! And for the extremely detailed notes.

On November 4th I'll be in London at the How To Academy, discussing and answering question about solutions to climate change, and how they stack up.

If you're interested in coming along, you can find details here:
howtoacademy.com/events/how-t...

The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’ Industrially made foods involve several ingredients and processes to put together, making it difficult to examine their true cost

This article is just bollocks, isn't it? There are lots of good reasons not to eat many Doritos, but the carbon footprint of the corn going into them isn't one of them, because eating almost anything else would be worse.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News. In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

Does the news reflect what we die from?

NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL

How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵

Indian Railways to achieve net zero targets in 2025 itself - 5 years ahead of 2030 goal - Times of India India Business News: Indian Railways is set to achieve net-zero targets by year-end, surpassing its 2030 goal through extensive electrification. Aiming for 95% electric tr

Not nearly enough is made of the incredibly impressive feat Indian Railways has made to electrify almost 100% of its 135,000km of track, while also growing renewable sourcing. Huge:

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

Thank you very much, Dan. I'm really glad you're enjoying it.

I am biased, but a great combination I think. Enjoy!

Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year For decades, these aid programs received bipartisan support and made a difference. Cutting them will cost lives.

Foreign aid from the United States saved millions of lives each year by @hannahritchie.bsky.social and @simonvanteutem.bsky.social

ourworldindata.org/us-foreign-a...

Drawdown® Explorer We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.

Many people feel overwhelmed with the number of potential climate solutions, and are not quite sure what to focus on.

@projectdrawdown.bsky.social has always been at helping people navigate the minefield.

Their new explorer is really cool, and helps to make things clearer: drawdown.org/explorer

What impact do contrails from aviation have on global warming? Is there a cheap and easy way to get rid of them? There might be.

In the latest episode of Solving for Climate we speak with Ian McKay, founder of Orca Sciences about this and much more.

Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4aMv...

Thanks, Nick. I meant there is no universal vaccine that exists for many other infectious diseases — especially for first infection.

But agree that wasn't clear, and I've updated the article now to give a bit more context. Thanks for flagging.

I think Qdenga is also now recommended for 6-16yo.

Next book on the reading list 📚

Almost every question has a main chart in it. Of course, you’ll miss that with audio, but should still be able to get all of the main points (especially if you find audio easier to consume)

Chart showing that India's power sector CO2 just fell for only second time in half a century. Electricity generation from coal, terawatt hours per year. Source: NITI data portal.

NEW – Analysis: India’s power-sector CO2 falls for only second time in half a century

✍️ Anubha Aggarwal @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social Nandikesh Sivalingam

Read here: buff.ly/2OHaLGM

Yes, they have bulk-ordered Dreamies in advance.

Oh, maybe that is because it's the paperback? That often comes out a bit later.

Oh no! I hope it is available again soon, wherever you are.

I did! Hope you can understand it 😄

My new book — Clearing the Air — is published in the UK today A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change — in 50 Questions and Answers

Thank you!

In the previous one, climate was just one chapter. This one is entirely focused on climate, and goes into much more detail on solutions, trade-offs, concerns that people have.

On my Substack I shared the list of 50 questions: www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/clearing-t...

It was actually entirely coincidental from the publishers when they drafted some example covers (they didn't know about Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air).

But then I thought the similarity was nice! I admired David MacKay a lot.

He would like everyone to know that his outdoor feline friends kill far more birds than wind turbines.

My new book is published today, and my cats highly recommend it.

www.penguin.co.uk/books/462676...

WePlanet Podcast | Saving The World From Bad Ideas a WePlanet podcast. The world is shaped by ideas—some good, some bad, and some that seemed good at the time. This is a podcast about rethinking the things we take for granted, challenging sacred cows...

I really enjoy the wide-ranging (and often provocative) conversations Mark Lynas has on his @weplanetint.bsky.social podcast.

So I was very happy to join him again to talk more about climate change and what we do to fix it.

www.weplanet.org/podcast/epis...

Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …

#EMobility

This week, @MLiebreich talks to @hannahritchie.bsky.social
about her new book 'Clearing the Air', busting 50 climate myths and digging into what really works (and what doesn’t). Out now 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=voLb...

A decade of change.

In 2014, less than 4% of the world's electricity came from solar and wind. In 2024, this was 15%.

Here's how the distribution across countries has changed (+ shifted upwards) over those 10 years.

Data from @ember-energy.org