36.7 billion metric tons. That’s the world’s annual carbon dioxide emissions in 2019. But what about if you could ‘see’ this number? Would it help ordinary people realise the extent of the challenge? Over the last few years we have made several images and animations showing global CO2 emissions. So we decided to put them all in one place. Enjoy. And please share!
We are now able to create simple GIFs like this swiftly and economically. They can be easily shared on social media so feel free to download and share under Creative Commons licence
If you have a little more time you can watch this short videoIf you have a little more time you can watch this short video showing real time emissions as well as the daily total - 107 million tons. It appears in a longer film designed to engage world leaders, industry experts, campaigners and scientists at the UN Climate Summit, New York, September 2014. The film shows actual quantities of global fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions (and the part that carbon capture and storage could play in limiting global climate change to 2 degrees). More here
.This film was made for the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada in June 2018. As well as showing 1000 metric tonne bubbles of carbon dioxide appearing in real-time in downtown Toronto, the film shows the exponential decrease needed (halved by 2030 then halved again by 2040) to reach net zero by 2050. More here.
And finally a couple of images created for the Climate Change Conference in Lima in December 2014. This is what an hour's worth of global CO2 emissions would look like resting on the tallest building in Lima - the Westin Hotel.