Making the Invisible Visible

It can be challenging to communicate climate change to the general public: the terminology can be confusing, the way in which we measure emissions can be non-intuitive, and there is a range of complicated psychological barriers. The danger is that climate change can appear distant, insurmountable, or worse still, non-existent. A key part of the challenge is that with the human eye, we cannot see the accumulation of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. As a result, I wanted to leverage emerging tech to better translate and visualise emissions data; I wanted to try to make the invisible visible. This led to the creation of virtual reality classrooms where users can, for instance, climb the emissions associated with different products or traverse land use metrics. To make sure that everyone can benefit from these resources, I have published them with full open access. And, I have made sure that the visualisations can be accessed via multiple devices (smartphone, computer, and VR):​