Access to basic education: almost 60 million children of primary school age are not in school
The world has made a lot of progress in recent generations, but millions of children are still not in school.
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We just published our new work on global fish stocks and overfishing
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Nutrients are essential for crop growth. But when they're overapplied they become a pollutant.To protect the world’s wildlife we must improve crop yields — especially across Africa
Habitat loss is the biggest threat to the world's animals. Without improvements in crop yields, thousands of species could see much of their habitat lost to farmland.Depression is complicated – this is how our understanding of the condition has evolved over time
Our understanding of depression has evolved over time, with wider screening for depression, new questionnaires, and better statistical tools.Smallholders produce one-third of the world’s food, less than half of what many headlines claim
Most of the world's farmers are smallholders. They are also often the poorest. How much of the world's food do they produce?How much of the world’s food production is dependent on pollinators?
Many of the world's pollinator insects are in decline. What does this mean for global food production?Child mortality: an everyday tragedy of enormous scale that we can make progress against
We live in a world in which 10 children die every minute.Smoking: How large of a global problem is it? And how can we make progress against it?
Every year, around 8 million people die prematurely as a result of smoking. But there are things we can do to prevent this.Three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet
A healthy, nutritious diet is much more expensive than a calorie sufficient one. As a result, three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.Energy poverty and indoor air pollution: a problem as old as humanity that we can end within our lifetime
About 3 billion people in the world do not have access to modern energy sources for cooking. Millions die from indoor air pollution every year.The world is making progress on clean water and sanitation, but is far behind its target to ensure universal access by 2030
All countries pledged to provide safe water and sanitation for everyone by 2030. How far are we from reaching these targets?Which countries have mandatory childhood vaccination policies?
How do policies on childhood vaccinations vary across the world?Emissions from food alone could use up all of our budget for 1.5°C or 2°C – but we have a range of opportunities to avoid this
If we want to meet our global climate targets we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from food. What options do we have?We just published our new data explorer on Crop Yields
Explore our new data explorer covering yields and yield gaps for a range of crops across the world.Why do we need to know about progress if we are concerned about the world's largest problems?
Why have we made it our mission to publish “research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems”?The price of batteries has declined by 97% in the last three decades
To transition towards low-carbon energy systems, we need low-cost energy storage. Battery costs have been falling quickly.The argument for a carbon price
We are paying a price for fossil fuels, but that price is not paid by those that burn the fossil fuels – we need to change that.How the Living Planet project helps us understand changes in the world’s wildlife
Beneath the popular index, the Living Planet database helps us understand where and what animals are deeply threatened, and what animals are thriving.