🚨 New from @thetimes 📈

As #COP27 comes to a close, how much are countries actually doing to reduce their emissions?

Our new *Carbon Tracker* tool allows you to compare the real changes in emissions being made around the world...

🌍👉 thetimes.co.uk/article/carbon… I've been working on this interactive for a while with the coding by @_mkeith_ and @narottammedhora.

Look familiar? It should. We want to start tracking carbon emissions the same way we did with covid-19 numbers.

Why did last month's "up the Ra" incident stir such debate?

Perhaps because something deeper is happening in modern Ireland.

A new survey by @ST__Ireland shows significant generational differences in memory of the Troubles south of the border...

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thetimes.co.uk/article/half-o… Yes, Irish millennials and Gen Z are more likely to think saying "Up the Ra" is socially acceptable.

One in three under 35's compared to one in four of over 55's.

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*How to trigger a border poll*
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I've been researching the numbers behind when Northern Ireland should hold a referendum on whether or not to leave the UK and form a United Ireland for a while.

Here's how the data could help us decide:
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1/20 First off, we see a lot of focus on public opinion in the Republic.

But it's not up to the south.

The Irish public have always supported unification - ranging from roughly 60-80% in the 1970's & 1980's & 50-70% in the last decade.(note: slight diff in polling since 2010)

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There's a sense the significance of the conflict in Northern Ireland & the importance of protecting the peace has been lost in #Brexit drama.

So the #BrexitBorderlands project set out to chronicle the Troubles in a new way - interactive data visualisaiton.

Thread on data here: This is every death over 30 years of The Troubles visualised.

The tool is weepeople.css by @ProPublica and the data is from Post-Mortem, a database of deaths by Michael McKeown, hosted by @UlsterCAIN.

Read 'The Irish Times - Keeping The Peace' here:

irishtimes.com/news/world/bre…