THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBER IN THE WORLD
Display it everywhere.
NEW YORK 2020
SEOUL 2021
GLASGOW 2021
The Climate Clock melds art, science, technology, and grassroots organizing to get the world to #ActInTime.
The project is centered on a simple tool: a clock that counts down the critical time window to reach zero emissions (our “Deadline”), while tracking our progress on key solution pathways (“Lifelines”).
By showing us what we need to do by when, the Clock frames our critical mission — a rapid and just transition to a safe climate future — and puts it at the very forefront of our attention.
Since its famous launch in New York in September 2020, Climate Clock teams have sprung up across the world from Chiapas to Kazakhstan, from Korea to Glasgow. Join in.
SIGN UP TO CREATE A CLOCK FOR YOUR CITY, SCHOOL, OR COMMUNITY
KNOW THE NUMBERS
We are in a Climate Emergency, but there is still time to avert disaster if we take bold, immediate action at the speed and scale necessary – beyond what politicians have deemed politically possible. The next ~7 years is humanity’s best window to enact bold, transformational changes in our global economy to avoid raising global temperature above 1.5ºC, a point of no return that science tells us is likely to make the worst climate impacts inevitable.
The Deadline and Lifeline on the Climate Clock tell us what we need to do, by when. They are arguably the most important numbers in the world. It’s worth understanding why.
INSTALL IN EVERY CITY
We offer the #ClimateClock to the worldwide climate movement as an internationally coordinated, participatory project.* We encourage you to erect an iconic climate clock in your own locale — joining Berlin, New York, Seoul, Rome and Glasgow. These climate clocks are drawing the world’s attention to the urgency for action. But if our species is to survive, we need a constant, public reminder of our climate Deadline (and solution Lifelines) — everywhere!
*If you are a private firm, big NGO, city gov’t, or major University, please contact us first to get officially licensed and authorized.
GET YOUR OWN CLOCK
Action Clocks are perfect for schools, universities and offices. This clock is portable and built for action. Want to have one in your classroom? Want to put it on the desk of your favorite climate-champion? Know a climate denier who needs to get "clocked"? This is the clock for you.
There is also a DIY "maker kit" version of the clock available to classrooms and hobbyists on an open-source basis.
Let’s #ActInTime.