Thanks to The Guardian for the data and the full story. ‘Reality check’: Global CO2 emissions shooting back to record levelsFossil fuels are surging in post-pandemic recovery as scientists warn 1.5C emission limits will be reached in 11 yearsThe GuardianDamian Carrington

The total mass of humankind is now ten times greater than the total mass of all wild terrestrial mammals - and that's before you account for domesticated animals, which account for twice as much biomass again. The data in this visualization comes from Vaclav Smil's 2011 paper "Harvesting the Biosphere:

Different countries have dramatically different plans to restore their economies in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Leading economists have called for a "green recovery", but only a handful of countries are taking measures which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions while creating jobs. The net effect on the environment will

The world's richest 10% (that's you, most likely) are responsible for almost half of global emissions. The poorest half of the world's population? Just 7%. Here's a new visualization I've put together illustrating this inequality: The data comes from a report called The Carbon Inequality Era, published by the Stockholm

Beating climate change requires understanding the causes. Here’s a new graphic I’ve made that breaks down global emissions from 2016 (the latest year with global data available). Data comes from Our World In Data, remixed a little by me. Industry is the largest sector, divided up fairly evenly.

One of the last projects I worked on before I left Information is Beautiful was a graphic for E.on Energy about greenhouse gas emissions in cities, and how we can address them. Those graphics have now been published on the Economist's website.

A few weeks back, I collaborated with Katarina Eriksson of Märka Design to create a visualization of the inhabitants of the International Space Station over the years. It was an entry for an infographic contest that Nasa was running. We didn't win (turns out they were looking for a much

I worked on data visualization for a new FutureEarth report that connects recent news events with the latest environmental science research. Here's how it's described in the report itself: This report provides a snapshot of our world at the start of 2020, helping to make sense of the state of