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Climate change discussions focus on the global average temperature. But the climate isn't changing equally across the world. There is *a lot* of variation across countries. My colleague Veronika Samborska built a tool to explore the temperature change, country by country.

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Max Roser2 years ago

Here is Veronika's new @OurWorldInData article:

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Object Zero2 years ago

This is excellent and is a step towards the sort of nuance that is required to develop working solutions. A huge amount of the climate change effort has been misallocated because of grotesquely oversimplified and exaggerated communication.

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Hernán Silva Bórquez 🇯🇴2 years ago

Great but shocking information I screen printed the year I was born to compared it with today My Dear Lord Poor children of today and the ones to come!!!

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Paul Roundy2 years ago

@MarionKoopmans Looks like a fantastic tool to help people correctly estimate the impacts. Too many people either deny it's happening, or overstate how serious it is. Accurate understanding leads to the best policies.

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Gerrit2 years ago

Incredibly useful! Wonderful tool for students learning about climate change impacts in different parts of the world.

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David Siegel2 years ago

Dear Max, you're smart, but you don't understand much about climate. You're missing 99 percent. Come learn:

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Arend2 years ago

The same is true for CO2 emissions from foods (Poore & Nemecek database). Regions matter.

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Paolo Alba2 years ago

A link would be too difficult?

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Robin Lespagnard2 years ago

Where are the temperature measured at? In urban areas? In EU and NA, people are older and richer than before. The richer and older people are, the more they warm their house, which warms the area they live in. I'd be very curious to know if this is taken into account.

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