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This application is written in Python, with the help of the ReportLab library (the web part is powered by the flask framework). The code is open-source and is available here: framagit.org. The ability of this application to reproduce several figures (independently) published by the IPCC was carefully tested. However, this is not a product of the IPCC (which is not responsible for projects or researches).
Although the web application and layout details were improved over time, there is no change affecting the translation of the risk levels provided as input to colours in the burning embers. The changes are recorded on framagit.org (see Changelog). A short summary is provided below (from recent to old).
When an update is planned, it might be announced on climrisk.org.
It is now possible to define 'overlapping transitions', i.e. generate embers with 'uncertainty ranges' which span
across each other (e.g. it might be that risk is above or below 'high' at a given level).
Technical changes enable files to be opened in recent versions of Adobe Illustrator and removes a bug which
may have occurred in specific cases when the user selected 'CMYK' from the 'Graph production' page.
(version 1.6)
Optional secondary axis (on the right, typically with a different scale), minor tick marks
(unlabelled ticks between the main axis ticks), tick marks instead of horizontal grid lines, legend for confidence
levels (experimental).
(version 1.5)
File format download options (PDF/PNG/JPEG) are added. Cases where the vertical scale ('hazard') has limits significantly
different from the usual "0 to +5°C", such as for CO2 concentrations in ppm, are now much better handled (bug fix).
Coding improvements provide more clarity for future development. All parameters are documented in a way
that is fully consistent with how they work (the same file provides online documentation and default values).
(version 1.4)
An optinal median, or 'midpoint' between the start and end of each transition, is added in the 'Basic format'. This results in the 'standard template' provided in Tutorial. Input files containing missing data, errors, or other unexpected characteristics are better handled.
This software was created by Philippe Marbaix at the end of 2019
(based on an earlier 'AR5-related' back-of-the-envelope version).
The first objective was to produce figure 3 of Zommers et al. (2020;
Burning Embers: Towards more transparent and robust climate change risk assessments.
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. doi.org/10/gg985p).
Help is welcome to further improve the application. All contributions will be recognised :-). For more information, please e-mail philippe.marbaix@uclouvain.be.
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