Maps

Examine the distribution of greenhouse gas emissions and impacts of climate change for the nations around the world and compare them side by side.

Please note that the impact, vulnerability, and readiness indices are normalized to a range from 0 to 1. For vulnerability and impact, higher values indicate a greater negative impact from climate change. In contrast, higher values for readiness reflect greater preparedness and resilience to climate change, which are positive indicators for a nation. Also note that the natural disaster displayed in the bar charts are solely caused by the effects of climate change. The data is displayed as choropleth maps, thus the higher a value, the more saturated and darker the colour.

The following maps display the emissions as well as the impact of climate change per country. Both maps are interactive and can be interacted with in the following ways:

• The greenhousegas or subgroup of the impact indicator can be selected.
• The year to be shown can be selected.
• When clicking a country once, some more information on it is displayed in a pop-up window.
• When clicking a country twice, the change over time is shown in the timeseries graph.
• When hovering over on a bar in either bar chart, the exact number is displayed.

Emissions and Impact Correlation

This interactive graph visualizes the correlation between greenhouse gas emissions and their impact. This graph essentially summarizes the pattern observed in the maps and highlights the underlying correlation. There are several interactive features: :

• The year to be shown can be selected.
• The variables for the x and y axes can be selected.
• By hovering over a point, more information about it is displayed.
• By clicking on continents in the legend, they can either be shown or hidden.
• The axes are set by default to ensure that the displayed correlations are easily comparable. To adjust the axes for each specific correlation displayed, you can use the autoscale button located at the top right.