How can we connect climate narratives with data? How could we visualize the willingness of many individuals that want to make a change when it comes to global warming? Using data visualization techniques, two groups at the MORE WORLD conference came up with engaging and interactive projects. Read more about them below.
Climate Storytelling
As climate change news travels the world, it is captured in local headlines and streamlined by news agencies. Disasters and crises spark Wikipedia entries and resonate in social media postings.
The coverage of typhoon Hagibis ranges from concerns about the scheduled Grand Prix Formula 1 in news outlets across Europe to the cancelled Rugby world cup and its effects on the Italian team.
In Japan, besides the expected cautionary articles and sharing of tips and tricks of how to prepare for this tremendous storm, we see small messages of relief, of looking forward to the time that can be spent with family while hiding out from the typhoon.
The storytelling platform presented here is inspired by such local stories of the everyday encounters with the impact of climate change, through drought, flood, storms, air pollution, migration, et cetera. See all the results here.
A project by: Andreas Schneider, Anna Meïra Greunig, Cagri Taskin, Carlo De Gaetano, Eirini Malliaraki, Erdem Şentürk, Kavya Sukumar, Sabine Niederer, Yvonne Volkart, Zoran Pantelic
Data-Driven Decisions
Many climate change solutions involve changes in consumption patterns, significant investments and austerity measures that politicians are afraid to make because they could prove unpopular.
Apart from the compulsory expert opinions, we think people’s will should be included in the decision-making process as well. We believe many individuals would be willing to make changes in their lives provided the alternatives to meet their needs.
We created this survey to identify the solutions that would be the most feasible and beneficial. We think administrations could use the input gathered from these answers to develop solutions that would be welcomed and encouraged by the community.
Here are some of the questions we posed, just to give you a taste of it. If you want to take part in the survey, you are invited to give your own answers here.
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Both projects were created at Berliner Gazette’s 20th Anniversary Conference MORE WORLD, November 2019. The workshop facilitors were Tara Tiger Brown and Michael Prinzinger. All images: CC-BY-NC-SD 4.0.