The UAE doing the Russian approach: lie through your teeth and play dumb when called on it. No one will punish them for it, so be shitty, no one who can do anything cares.
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2024
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The colors here are confusing because the color scale grades the temp gain, but that isn't the information that is claimed to be shown, which is whether or not they are meeting their goals.
I disagree because it portrays whether they are meeting their goals and a lot more information.
Compare the two columns and if they are the same color, they are meeting their goals.
Compare two countries to see which sets stricter goals compared to each other, or is achieving better results compared to each other.
You're right. However, I feel like the left and right columns could've been linked with a gradient to more clearly show their relationship.
I always struggle with colors because I'm colorblind, and grokking this chart at a glance is hard.
Even if we ignore the fact it is talking about emission goals, but the metrics are in celcius. A good graphic would include an indication that they're meeting their goals. Either having two groupings or an additional column to provide a quick way to see that information.
Why are any of these countries even allowed to set +2°C, +3°C, or even +4°C or higher as a goal in the first place?! That's not a fucking goal; that's a suicide pact!
suicide pacts can, in fact, be goals
Good to see that Saudi Arabia and Indonesia are doing such a fantastic job meeting their target of unlimited planet melting!
Egypt and Morocco are a little under target though which is a shame.
Egypt and Morocco Ws.
It took way to long to see that only these two countries beat their target.
The ClimateActionTracker website itself actually has a lot more details on individual countries, their targets and the policies they implemented. You can see by how much they miss their targrets as well. For example the US is pretty close to the 3C line.