Today is international Show Your Stripes Day. "An annual day to grow awareness about human-caused climate change, its impact, and what we as a society can do to ensure a sustainable future for the people and places we love. The Climate Stripes, or Warming Stripes, designed by prof. Ed Hawkins at the University of Reading, represent the increases in temperature seen throughout the past 150 years."
At UT this is also practiced and the stripes for the Netherlands look like this:
I want to point out again this video made by the Climate Talks about why it is so important to keep sharing this information with people. Here another good visual is pointed out to show what we will have to deal with even if we reach all our goals:
“Warning Stripes” by Alexander Radtke, which show Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Until 2200 the world will be hotter on average with more climate extremes, we can only hope to reduce this as much as possible. The majority can be accomplished by international collaboration and policy changes, but it still requires individual changes. As reminder, we have a workshop to help achieve the second part, as well as local information on where to go to reach your goals for e.g. second hand items or walks in the park.
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