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The climate change talks in Doha are emitting a gigaton of graphs, statistics and numerical predictions.
We've scooped all the numbers together and condensed them into a single diagram. It lays out the perils and potential effects of our global CO2 habit - and the urgency to balance our "carbon budget".
The Data
While simple, the graphic is based on tonnes of the latest research and calculations. See it all in this dataset: http://bit.ly/CO2gigatons.
Sources
Carbon Tracker Initiative, International Energy Agency (IEA), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 (PDF), NASA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Research Council (PDF), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, World Bank (PDF), European Commission Joint Research Centre (PDF), our own calcs
Credits
Concept & design: David McCandless
Research: Miriam Quick, Ella Hollowood
Additional design: Kathryn Ariel Kay, Paulo Estriga
About Us
We are InformationIsBeautiful.net, dedicated to visualising information, ideas, stories and data. Twitter @infobeautiful. The updated 2nd Edition of our book of infographic exploria, is called Information Is Beautiful. (HarperCollins 2012). In the US, the book's called The Visual Miscellaneum
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