Professor Ed Hawkins

Professor Ed Hawkins

University of Reading

Ed Hawkins is a Professor of Climate Science at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) at the University of Reading. He is a contributing author to the IPCC's Assessment Reports and is one of the world's most effective climate science communicators having developed novel ways to visualise increasing global temperatures - including the famous 'climate spirals' and 'climate stripes'.

Web tools and Projects we developed

  • Open-NEM

    The live tracker of the Australian electricity market.

  • Paris Equity Check

    This website is based on a Nature Climate Change study that compares Nationally Determined Contributions with equitable national emissions trajectories in line with the five categories of equity outlined by the IPCC.

  • liveMAGICC Climate Model

    Run one of the most popular reduced-complexity climate carbon cycle models online. Used by IPCC, UNEP GAP reports and numerous scientific publications.

  • NDC & INDC Factsheets

    Check out our analysis of all the post-2020 targets that countries announced under the Paris Agreement.