[ECO]Show Your Stripes Day – June 21

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Show Your Stripes Day

#ShowYourStripes

Show Your Stripes Day is an event celebrated every June 21 dedicated to growing global awareness about human-caused climate change. It was created in 2018 by Ed Hawkings, a climate scientist from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to call on individuals, businesses, and cities around the world to highlight their local climate stripes.

The stripes, known as the “Warming Stripes” on the

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, show graphics of temperature data from the past 150 years condensed into recognizable stripes.

The stripes will represent countries, regions and cities and go from blue to red, illustrating the rise in average temperatures in that location. Blue represents a cooler-than-average year, while red represents a warmer-than-average one. The rapid change to dark shades of red sends a clear message that our climate continues to warm at an unprecedented rate. 

For most countries, the data comes from the Berkeley Earth temperature dataset to the end of 2022, extended with ERA5-Land for 2023, while for others, the data comes from the relevant national meteorological agency.

Ever since the stripes were created in 2018, they have been used globally to communicate the rapid rise in global temperatures that has been taking place in recent decades and to show how rapidly change is happening visually.

This campaign is important because it connects climate warming, extreme weather events, and the health, safety, and economic impacts in your community. It is also an important way to help inspire conversations about climate change and motivate climate action.

There are many ways for you to celebrate

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• Download and share the stripes graphics for your region
• Share your stripes on social media and use the hashtag #ShowYourStripes
• Start a conversation about climate change within your community
• Show your strikes creatively – clothing, nail art, wall art, sidewalks, make-up, etc.
• Watch a documentary about climate change and sustainability
• Find ways to reduce your carbon footprint

Fun facts:

• Landmarks across the ******* States light up on Show Your Stripes Day to pledge their support to call attention to the impacts of climate change
• 2023 was the warmest year on record globally
• Europe is the fastest warming continent in the world
• The site has logged over 1 million downloads from over 180 countries.
• In May 2024, Hawkins received the Royal Geographic Society’s Geographical Engagement Award for his work in developing warming stripes.
• The Pueblo Vida brewing company in Arizona made a special edition ***** called Threshold and designed the cans to look like the warming stripes.
• Cycling4Climate organizes cycling events worldwide to celebrate Show Your Stripes Day and raise awareness about the climate crisis.

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