Tom Prater

NEW – Five charts: How climate change is driving up food prices around the world | @orladwyer_ Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3YXqY0d

The more CO2 your country emits, the more medals you're gonna win...almost An Olympic scatter plot, with @joejgoodman preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webview…

Our continued burning of fossil fuels drives drying of the Pantanal, leading to more severe fire conditions, destroying countless flora & fauna in the world’s largest tropical wetlands worldweatherattribution.org/hot-dry-and-wi…

NEW: An area of forest nearly the size of Birmingham has not been planted cos UK nations repeatedly missed tree-planting goals Unplanted trees would've removed 8.5MtCO2 by 2050, finds @Josh_Gabbatiss @VernerViisas analysis Great graphic by @tomoprater carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-mi…

NEW CHART: How British electricity supplies are shifting decisively away from fossil fuels Super pleased with this very beautiful graphic, by my colleague Tom Pearson and reminiscent of Joy Division's iconic “Unknown Pleasures” album cover carbonbrief.org/chart-how-brit…

It appears our government can read (the misinformation perpetrated by their mates in the press) but won’t listen (to the scientists who know we are in deep trouble) (and maybe everyone whose lives and livelihoods have been flooded) Please read and RT this carbonbrief.org/analysis-recor…

Really great analysis by @DrSimEvans and @VernerViisas, with a zippy bar chart race by Tom Pearson: carbonbrief.org/revealed-how-c…

The UK's contribution to climate change nearly doubles when accounting for emissions under colonial rule, jumping from 8th to 4th in global ranking of cumulative historical CO2 since 1850. Meanwhile, Netherlands' contribution nearly triples 👀 Slope chart for @CarbonBrief

Come work with me and the rest of the multimedia team - whether your skills are in data viz, map making, graphic design or video production. Closing tomorrow!

Without human-induced climate change, the current drought in Syria, Iraq & Iran, causing millions to abandon their land, would not have been one. New @WWAttribution study disentangling drought, climate change, water management, conflict: worldweatherattribution.org/human-induced-…

We're hiring! Interested in making maps, plotting charts, editing video or designing infographics? Have some experience working with Adobe, QGIS or front-end web dev? We're looking for an early-career multimedia producer: carbonbrief.org/vacancy-multim… #30DayMapChallenge #gistribe

FALSE: ‘Old bangers are the green motorist’s choice’ Buying a new electric vehicle to replace an 'old banger' would benefit the climate after driving 20,000-32,000 miles Cars on a chart for @DrSimEvans epic EV factcheck for @CarbonBrief carbonbrief.org/factcheck-21-m…

Africa has faced a run of deadly and, in many cases, unprecedented extreme weather events this year. Analysis by @daisydunnesci shows 15k+ deaths and 34m+ people affected in 2023 to date. Map with @joejgoodman for @CarbonBrief carbonbrief.org/analysis-afric…

NEW – Analysis: ‘Greater than 99% chance’ 2023 will be hottest year on record | @hausfath Read here: bit.ly/48V0fUI

With multiple sankeys by Tom Pearson for @CarbonBrief

Many of the world’s top 50 companies with net-zero targets are relying on “carbon offsets” to help meet their climate goals. Only 8% of the offsets used were from projects that removed CO2 from the atmosphere – predominantly tree-planting. Great analysis by @Josh_Gabbatiss

Nice to see our graphic on carbon offsets included in this week's @Datawrapper dispatch 🟪🟩 interactive.carbonbrief.org/carbon-offsets…

How are carbon offsets supposed to work? We designed a graphic explainer to show the journey of a typical offset and the problems that can arise along the way. Part of a week-long series @CarbonBrief interactive.carbonbrief.org/carbon-offsets…

Last few days to apply for this fantastic role as Carbon Brief data scientist, working closely with me and the rest of the team to crunch climate numbers #journojobs #datascience carbonbrief.org/vacancy-data-s…

NEW - Developed countries spend over TEN TIMES more on their military than on climate finance for developing countries. £1,242bn military spending in 2022 £97bn est. climate finance in 2022 Chart by @tomoprater