It's time for less climate doom, more commitment - Moscow-Pullman Daily News

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“The world isn’t ending, so there’s still much work to do,” says Dr. Hannah Ritchie, who has the facts to support it. In January, Ritchie published “Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet.” She’s a senior researcher at Oxford and deputy editor at Our World in Data.

Ritchie’s book has attracted widespread media attention, perhaps because of its refreshing perspective. Her articulate, data-based conclusions contrast with contemporary environmental doom and gloom outlooks.

“I grew up with climate change,” the 31-year-old told The Guardian. She was “obsessed with it … worrying about it. … That was all I was studying … environmental metrics were getting worse.” To the BBC she said, “Climate change has always been a part of my life.”