Visualizing Climate Equity: The CAIT Equity Explorer
Summary
The CAIT Equity Explorer is an online visualization tool designed to inform UNFCCC climate negotiations by allowing users to compare countries across various climate equity indicators, such as emissions and vulnerability, using radar and column charts.
Key insights
- The CAIT Equity Explorer is an online visualization tool developed by the World Resources Institute as part of the CAIT Climate Data Explorer suite to support UNFCCC international climate negotiations through a specific approach to climate equity.
- The tool enables users to compare countries using a variety of metrics, including historical, current, and projected emissions, as well as vulnerability, development capacity, and the potential benefits of actions.
- The Equity Explorer provides two primary visualization methods for data comparison: radar charts for integrated, holistic views of multiple indicators across several countries, and column charts for viewing the rank of a country against a single indicator.
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- APA
- World Resources Institute (2014). Visualizing Climate Equity: The CAIT Equity Explorer. https://www.wri.org/research/visualizing-climate-equity-cait-equity-explorer
- Chicago
- World Resources Institute. Visualizing Climate Equity: The CAIT Equity Explorer. 2014. https://www.wri.org/research/visualizing-climate-equity-cait-equity-explorer.
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- {{cite report |author=World Resources Institute |title=Visualizing Climate Equity: The CAIT Equity Explorer |date=2014 |url=https://www.wri.org/research/visualizing-climate-equity-cait-equity-explorer |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2014visualizing, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Visualizing Climate Equity: The CAIT Equity Explorer}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2014}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/visualizing-climate-equity-cait-equity-explorer}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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