Around 30% of the world’s emissions have some carbon price, but how much extra are people paying? – Recently, I was in a meeting with a group of people who do not normally spend much time in the same room: environmentalists, climate scientists, and economists.
Over several days, we debated and tried to untangle some of the most contested issues around climate change: how drastic the impacts would be, what solutions would look like, and what this would mean for global development. The discussions were intense. There were disagreements left, right, and center…
Source: Our World in Data – A project of Global Change Data Lab
Our World In Data
- How much are people across the world paying for their carbon emissions?
- Where do migrants live, and where were they born?
- Five million children die every year — what do they die from?
- Population tool: How will populations across the world change in the 21st century?
- South Korea’s population is set to shrink: what would it take to stop the decline?
Climate Change
- The world is warming despite natural fluctuations from the El Niño cycle
- Hannah Ritchie’s new book, “Clearing the Air”, is out now in the US and Canada
- Explore updated data on greenhouse gas emissions and their climate impacts
