From 20–27 September 2019, millions of people worldwide joined the young climate protesters in a global climate strike to fight for climate justice. To support their cause, we carried out an international competition to gather state-of-the-art visualizations of climate change that were created in the last three years. The winners have been selected by an international jury of climate scientists, communicators, and activists. You can find with all other qualifying submissions including infographics, animations, and interactive visualizations below.

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While climate change is a complex phenomenon with severe impacts for people and the environment, it is a human-made development, the trajectory of which can still be altered. The complexity of climate change requires new methods for making sense of scientific insights and communicating possible paths for action to various stakeholders and citizens. To better understand the dynamics of climate change and inform policy change, visualization is widely recognized as an indispensable tool for analysis and communication.

Over the last few years, a broad range of climate visualizations has already been created by scientists, journalists, designers, developers and artists, some of which were targeted at the public, while many are hidden in academic papers and reports requiring expert knowledge. Considering the severity and complexity of the climate crisis, we feel there is a need to up the game for visualization creators. With this competition, we seek to put a spotlight on the ingenuity and impact that well-crafted data visualizations can have to communicate the causes and impacts of climate change and inform personal and political action.

To take part in the competition, submit your climate visualization project that is

innovative: The data visualization employs original and creative ways of representing the complexities of climate change and its impacts.

The data visualization employs original and creative ways of representing the complexities of climate change and its impacts. understandable: The visual encodings are comprehensible for the intended audience, and their interaction design is inviting its use.

The visual encodings are comprehensible for the intended audience, and their interaction design is inviting its use. actionable: The visualization offers insights that can directly inform and encourage personal and/or political transformations.

The submission is simple: you share basic information about the visualization including title, description, project team, publication date, a web link, and type (academic & government, commercial, journalistic, independent). If the project is not in English, a description of the visualization's content is necessary. After the submission deadline, our international jury of experienced climate scientists, communicators, and activists will review the submissions according to the above criteria, and choose the winners. Winners can earn prizes of up to 500 €.