Media

Our work at Our World in Data is regularly (usually daily) covered across global media, including the New York Times, BBC, The Guardian, Washington Post, Vox, amongst others.  You can find a full list of our coverage in media here.

Below are some selected articles, radio features, podcasts, and videos I’ve worked on personally.

Newspaper & Articles

• The big idea: why climate tribalism only helps the deniers – The Guardian
  
• Good news for climate comes from the world’s greatest user of coal – Washington Post

• The end of acid rain – Works in Progress

• Data on the German retreat from nuclear energy tell a cautionary tale – Washington Post

• We need the right kind of climate optimism – Vox

• See South Africa’s energy crisis in four charts – Washington Post

• 3 charts show how better buildings save lives in earthquakes – Washington Post

• Six Questions for Hannah Ritchie, Our World In Data – Morgan Housel, CollabFund

• Why being an effective environmentalist can often feel like being a bad one – Works in Progress

• An end to doomerism. Or why I’m coming out as an impatient optimist – BigThink
  
• The World Needs Processed Food – WIRED

• Stop Telling Kids They’ll Die From Climate Change – WIRED

• Should we kill trillions of animals to save the planet? – WIRED

• COVID’s lessons for climate, sustainability and more from Our World in Data – Nature

• COVID-19 Interview – New Scientist

• Which countries eat the most meat? – BBC

• What do the people of the world die from? – BBC

• Organic or Conventional Farming? Wrong Question. – Breakthrough Institute

Radio and Podcast

• UK vs China CO2 emissions – BBC More or Less

• Why it makes sense to be optimistic about the environment – 80,000 Hours Podcast

• Not the end of the world – Fully Charged

• Abundant energy – BBC Inside Science

• Are wild mammals only 4% of the mammal population? – BBC More or Less

• EconTalk with Russ Roberts

• Lula’s “zero deforestation” plan for the Amazon – BBC More or Less

• Taxing livestock and methane in New Zealand – BBC Radio, The Climate Question

• Are plastic bags really better for the environment? – BBC More or Less

• Our World in Data and the world’s biggest problems – Challenging Climate

• Will the war in Ukraine cause a global wheat shortage? – BBC More or Less

• Global food security during Ukraine conflict – BBC Inside Science

• Numbers of 2021 – BBC More or Less

• COVID-19 Vaccination Rates – BBC More or Less

• Scotland cases, flood risk and taxing the poor – BBC More or Less

• Will 2021 have more Covid deaths than 2020? – BBC More or Less

• Covid 19 death count: which countries are faring worst? – BBC More or Less

• How deadly is COVID-19? – BBC More or Less

• Is nuclear power actually safer than you think? – BBC More or Less

• Why are we so gloomy about the world? – BBC World Service

• The plastic in the ocean: why plastic ends up in the ocean and how to stop it – BBC Business Daily

• Climate change and meat – what’s the beef? – BBC Radio 4

• Vegan World: What would Britain look like if we all adopted a vegan diet? – BBC Radio 4

• Which countries eat the most meat? – BBC  (Good Morning Wales)

• Which countries eat the most meat? – BBC World Service

• The 50-Year Newspaper – NPR, The Indicator

• Morbidity, Peak Child, and Collective Pessimism – NPR, The Indicator

• Zooming Out: Big Picture Data with Hannah Ritchie – Breakthrough Dialogues

Video

I regularly contribute data and research to the production of educational videos on a range of topics. I’ve listed some examples below.

• We will fix climate change – Kurzgesagt

• Is meat really that bad? – Kurzgesagt

• Can you fix climate change? – Kurzgesagt

• Who is responsible for climate change? Who needs to fix it?  – Kurzgesagt

• The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do – Kurzgesagt

• Why Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World – Kurzgesagt

• The Side Effects of Vaccines – How High is the Risk?  – Kurzgesagt

• The Food to Avoid if you Care About Climate Change – Vox

• Plastic Pollution: How Humans are Turning the World into Plastic – Kurzgesagt
  As a follow-up to the video, I also did a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Plastic Pollution.