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[-] houseofleft@slrpnk.net 1 points 44 minutes ago* (last edited 43 minutes ago)

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.

[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

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.

https://climateactiontracker.org/

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 19 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

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.

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

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.

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

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.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

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!

[-] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 15 hours ago

suicide pacts can, in fact, be goals

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 21 points 19 hours ago

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.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 8 points 17 hours ago
[-] Bitswap@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

It took way to long to see that only these two countries beat their target.

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