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Carbon Clock is an estimation of how much CO2 can be released into the atmosphere to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5°C.

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Carbon Clock

A simple webpage showing how much CO2 can be released into the atmosphere to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5°C. It is heavily inspired by MCC's version.

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How it's calculated

The full calculation can be seen in calc.ts. Short summary is that it's an interpolation of data from the IPCC.

Sources

IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C
NASA Imagery

Milestones

  • Add 2.0 scenario
  • Improve accessibility
  • Spinning numbers animation
  • Add parallax effect on scroll
  • Reduce load time on slow connections