“Check Your CO2 Privilege”
Javascript PROJECT, 2021 (1 WEEK)
JAVASCRIPT | HTML/CSS | various apis
“What would the world look like if everyone emitted the same amount of CO2 as me?”
This is a question I ask myself daily. While it is obviously difficult to accurately measure one’s contribution to climate change, there is a lot of data that tells us certain patterns within different socio-economical and/or geopolitical groups.
This data visualization project aims to help us understand our very own carbon footprint based on our income level and paint a hypothetical world where everyone - regardless of their background - is given the same privilege.
In this project, users can:
Estimate their carbon footprint based on their location, income, household size.
Simulate a world with total carbon equality.
Interact with other countries' data and see how they compare.
Alter an emission habit and see its global impact.
Technologies, Libraries, APIs used:
Our World in Data - Data on CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country with detailed breakdown
ClimateWatch API - Historical Emission by Country, Continent, and Income Group
D3.js - Data Visualization Tool
Javascript, HTML/CSS