The budget to keep temperatures below 1.5°C is less than a decade of current emissions. For 2°C, it’s less than three decades.| Our World in Data
Veronika joined us in 2023. She recently finished her Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, and previously worked in the Data Journalism team at the Financial Times.| Our World in Data
Hannah joined us in 2017. She became Deputy Editor and Science Outreach Lead at Our World in Data in 2023. She was previously Head of Research.She focuses on the long-term changes in the environment – energy, pollution, agriculture, food supply – and their compatibility with global development. Hannah completed her Ph.D. in GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh.She is a researcher at the Oxford Martin Programme in Global Development, and an honorary fellow at the University of Edinbu...| Our World in Data
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Explore global and country-level data on the extent of wildfires and how they’ve changed over time.| Our World in Data
The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share.| Our World in Data
Explore country-by-country data on monthly temperature anomalies.| Our World in Data
How many people die from disasters, and how are these impacts changing over time?| Our World in Data
Human emissions of greenhouse gases are the primary driver of climate change. The world needs to decarbonize to reduce them.| Our World in Data
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What are the environmental impacts of food production? How do we reduce the impacts of agriculture on the environment?| Our World in Data