Gapminder

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A non-profit fighting devastating misconceptions with a fact-based worldview everyone can understand.

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  1. uudelleentwiittasi
    14. maalisk.

    This is an absolutely brilliant website - I've had my mind blown 5 times in as many minutes. A wonderful place to bust misconceptions and find hope.

    Kumoa
  2. uudelleentwiittasi
    8. helmik.
    Vastauksena käyttäjälle

    THIS is exactly why we created Rather than focusing on what is wrong in the world at any given time, this tool is designed to help rid yourself of common systematic misconceptions about global development. Created by the authors of

    Kumoa
  3. uudelleentwiittasi
    7. helmik.
    Vastauksena käyttäjälle

    Please all, check out founded by Hans Rosling (deceased unfortunately) to learn on how mankind progressed over time!

    Kumoa
  4. uudelleentwiittasi
    1. helmik.
    Vastauksena käyttäjille ja

    Related: the "climate bathtub" helps show why cutting emissions still leads to rising levels in the atmosphere: The tap represents emissions. The volume of water in the tub = level in the atmosphere. Turning down the tap still increases tub volume.

    Kumoa
  5. uudelleentwiittasi
    1. helmik.

    Try this question about greenhouse gas emissions..........it's an important one

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    Kumoa
  6. uudelleentwiittasi
    21. tammik.

    On a global poll by , 45% guessed AIDS, 43% guessed war, and 11% guessed the correct answer: heart disease and strokes. War was the most wrong, since it causes only 0.3% of deaths in Africa.

    Kumoa
  7. uudelleentwiittasi
    28. tammik.

    "When people hear «low income countries», they assume it's a lot of poeple. These are the kind of systematic misconceptions that we measure." Se mer fra og andre høydepunkter fra Norad-konferansen her:

    Kumoa
  8. 27. tammik.

    Honduras just got its first female president, adding 1 to a trend which is among the least known trends in the world! — Up to 1990, 18 countries in the world had been led by a female head of state or government. What was that number in 2021? (See: )

    Kumoa
  9. 25. tammik.

    Test your basic climate assumptions. Are you wrong, like most people are?

    Kumoa
  10. uudelleentwiittasi
    25. tammik.

    I’m confronting some major global misconceptions, at 1:30 pm today. Especially the absurd idea that there are two types of countries! Please :🙃Stop saying “developing world “ or “global south”. Such dichotomies is BS. If you must bundle countries, use 4 income groups instead!

    Kumoa
  11. 24. tammik.

    — How misunderstood is your country? During the past 2 years we have tested people's misunderstandings about all countries. Here's the first sneak peek of the new Gapminder Misconception Index, announced at last week:

    Kumoa
  12. 14. tammik.

    - Which group of countries sent the most troops on UN peacekeeping missions during the past 5 years? (Please, first try answer, then check the right answer here: )

    Kumoa
  13. 12. tammik.

    Congrats followers! Most of you answered correctly: the number of oil spills declined. Please test your friends, siblings, neighbors and colleagues, who probably always guess that things are getting worse. And then test yourself with our next question:

    Kumoa
  14. 12. tammik.

    — How many of the world’s 250 richest companies describe climate change as a risk in their annual reports? ( Please, first try answer, then check correct answer here: )

    Kumoa
  15. 11. tammik.

    This free tool shows the number of people on different incomes, for all countries in the world, since year 1800.

    Kumoa
  16. 11. tammik.

    —What happened to the annual number of oil spills from tankers worldwide since the 1970s? (Please try answer first, then check correct answere here: )

    Kumoa
  17. uudelleentwiittasi
    6. tammik.

    Team, we are just one step away! has just announced it wants to make its data open for everyone. Now it's on the governments of the world's richest countries to agree & make it happen. Congrats everyone on this massive effort. One final push 🙌🏻

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    Kumoa
  18. 7. tammik.

    85% of people get this question wrong - What group of animals has the highest share of threatened species?:

    Kumoa
  19. 5. tammik.

    People don’t know that almost all countries signed the Paris Climate Agreement. Whatever the signature is worth… a decade earlier, most wouldn’t have signed. (A good reason to sign: now a majority see climate change as a threat, which most don’t know:

    Kumoa
  20. 5. tammik.

    Dear followers, most of you know that almost all countries signed the Paris Climate agreement, but please understand that most people around you believe it was signed by few countries! They believe few care about the climate.

    Kumoa

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