THE UNIVERSITY of Reading has been represented around the UK once again for Show Your Stripes Day 2024.
The annual day encourages members of the public to share the graphic, created by Professor Ed Hawkins, to prompt discourse, engagement, and action on environmental issues.
This year saw the famous visualisation adorn the BT Tower and the Tower of London, as well as being show around the world, including at the Red Bull Arena Leipzig, Germany, before the EURO 2024 football match between France and the Netherlands.
The visualisation was shown on Dublin Link Bridge, Columbus, Ohio; The Six Light Bridges, Houston, Texas; Baltimore City Hall, Maryland; and the PECO building in Philadelphia.
Elsewhere, bridges in Brisbane, Australia, were adorned with the visualisation of Queensland’s average temperature, and versions appeared in Times Square, New York, and in the trailer for a new animated feature film, Ozia – The Voice of the Forest.
The University of Reading also hosted an In Conversation session, led by the creator of the visualisation, Professor Ed Hawkins, to close Reading Climate Festival, as well as a staff celebration event on the Whiteknights Campus.
Professor Ed Hawkins, the University of Reading climate scientist who created the climate stripes, said: “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.”
More information about Show Your Stripes Day is available via: showyourstripes.info
