What are the warming stripes? Created by climate scientist Ed Hawkins from the University of Reading, the warming stripes show how temperature has changed over time. Each stripe represents a year. A cooler than average year is blue; an average year is white; a warmer than average year is pink; and red is an alert.
This year, even more companies are getting on board. In December, Envision Racing partnered with Ed to feature warming stripes on the team’s car and kit to promote their “Race Against Climate Change” program, which supports the transition to e-mobility and renewable energy both on and off the track.
In the Swiss city of St. Gallen, the ‘Climate Stairs Project’ has painted each of the 162 steps of the Dohlengässlein to represent the warming from the year 1868 to 2030. “With each step, the body temperature rises slightly. This is similar to what is happening to our planet. The climate is warming up from year to year, in Switzerland even twice as fast as worldwide. The Climate Stairs want to raise awareness on this social challenge,” they explain.
