Barry Saxifrage
Climate Analyst | Vancouver
About Barry Saxifrage
Barry Saxifrage is Canada's National Observer's resident chart geek and climate analyst. In his visual carbon columns, Saxifrage deconstructs the data behind global warming and Canada's climate targets, as he charts international progress and graphically documents failures by industry and governments. His work is cited frequently by academics and climate publications internationally, including by George Monbiot in The Guardian, Yale Climate Connections, Bill McKibben's New Yorker newsletter, The Times Colonist, and many others. When he's not analyzing the corporate reports of major oil companies or comparing Canada's government's promises against Canada's actual emissions, Saxifrage is an avid soccer player.
CO2 from jet fuel is soaring 4 times faster: what can save the day?
An illustrated guide to the burning topic of soaring flight pollution, and what's being done about it.
Global climate summit. COP or Cop-out?
You’ve been hearing there's a global climate summit happening in Madrid this week. If you’re wondering what these international negotiations are and whether they have been making any progress, you’ve come to the right place.
Tesla Cybertruck carbon crushes Ford F-150
Ford's F-150 is over 100 times more polluting than Tesla’s new Cybertruck.
Independent Alberta would be the world’s worst climate polluter
Alberta would overtake Saudi Arabia as the worst climate-polluter on the planet per-person if the province secedes from Canada.
Here's how climate pollution in provinces Greta marched in compares to Sweden’s
Greta travelled a long way from Sweden to visit Canada. In the spirit of cultural exchange, I've put together five charts comparing the climate emissions and efforts in our northern nations.
Greta's in B.C. How does our climate pollution compare to Sweden's?
Greta has travelled a long way from Sweden to visit B.C. In the spirit of cultural exchange, I've put together five charts comparing the climate emissions and efforts in our two northern nations.
Canadian cars are the world's dirtiest
To avoid a climate crisis we'll need to quickly switch to cleaner vehicles. Here's a look at which kinds are clean enough to meet climate goals — and which aren't.
Fossil fuel burning leaps to new record
Global fossil burning keeps rising relentlessly as the world sprints away from climate safety. Here are ten charts from the latest data to show you what's happening and who's doing it.
Climate pollution from US military and Alberta's oilsands industry: reports
The United States military is one of the world's largest climate polluters — bigger than entire countries like Sweden. Alberta's oilsands industry emits even more.