Reading's climate stripes go global
Friday is 'show your stripes day'
People across the world are being encouraged to turn climate conversations into climate action on Show Your Stripes Day 2024.
Taking place on Friday, 21 June, the University of Reading’s climate stripes will appear on landmarks around the world, across social media and many more exciting new places.
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Professor Ed Hawkins, the University of Reading climate scientist who created the climate stripes, said:
“2024 will be the sixth year of Show Your Stripes Day and each year it has become more popular.
“We have started to so many climate conversations using our climate stripes, but now we need to turn these climate conversations into climate action. 2023 was the hottest year on record, and 2024 has seen another five consecutive months of record heat. A warmer world will mean more extreme weather, more devastation and more suffering.
“Show your stripes, start conversations about our warming world, and take climate action. Ask your politicians to push for net-zero emissions, live more sustainably and encourage others to act. The faster we act, the less bad the climate consequences will be.”
Get involved
The climate stripes show the change in average annual global temperatures since 1850. Red stripes indicate hotter years and blue stripes indicate cooler years, against the average of the period 1961-2010.
After being updated with data from 2023, the global climate stripes needed a new shade of red to reflect the extreme heat recorded last year.
Stripes for cities, countries and continents have all been updated using 2023 data and can be viewed at showyourstripes.info. Download images and use #ShowYourStripes on social media on Friday 21, June to share stripes for your city or country.
Look out for stripes appearing on landmarks, buildings and monuments in the UK, USA, Australia and elsewhere. Share your images on social media using #ShowYourStripes.
Talk
Professor Ed Hawkins MBE, will give a talk on how the stripes were created on Show Your Stripes Day.
Professor Hawkins will share how the stripes have reached well beyond academic circles, featuring in places ranging from intergovernmental negotiations, media, sports, arts and fashion.
The talk on Friday evening takes place in-person at Reading Town Hall and also online - details here