Are we the last generation — or the first sustainable one? | Hannah Ritchie | TED Talk

Gain a fresh perspective when it comes to climate change, climate action and sustainability with “Are we the last generation — or the first sustainable one?” The word ‘sustainability’ gets thrown around a lot these days, but what does it actually mean for humanity to be sustainable? In this TED Talk, data scientist Hannah Ritchie offers a new framing of climate change: instead of being the last generation due to climate change, what if we were the first generation to be sustainable? Ritchie digs into the numbers behind human progress across centuries and unpacks why the conventional understanding of sustainability is misleading. She also shows us how we can be the first generation of humans to actually achieve it. This is also a great video for those interested in big data and digital transformation.