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Intelligence Squared · 2025-09-20 · 42 min · 8,422 words

Is the Data on Climate Change More Optimistic than We Thought? With Hannah Ritchie

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With so much doomsday reporting and general misinformation on climate change, it can be hard to know what's true. And what actually matters. In this episode, best selling author and data scientist Hannah Ritchie joined us to examine the data on the biggest questions holding us back. Is it too late? Are we too polarised? Will we run out of the resources we need? Speaking to physicist and broadcaster Helen Chersky, Hannah draws on her new book, Clearing the Air, to explain that the data paints a surprisingly optimistic picture.

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