Charts of the month (August)

Hey there,

Last Tuesday of the month. Here’s our 7th edition of ‘Charts of the Month,’ with 30 charts enclosed for plus supporters. The first 3 are free for all. Enjoy.

For those of you who are new here and are curious what this is about, this is a monthly newsletter where we go ‘magpie’ mode to curate our favorite data visualizations from all the nooks and crannies where we do research.

Hidden costs

In July, S&P put out a report that went to lengths to price otherwise unpriced environmental externalities globally and segment them by industry. Here are some of the stand-out charts. First, the lion’s share of unpriced costs is in greenhouse gas emissions, with air pollution in second:

S&P also segmented each industry or activity by region:

As well as offering breakdowns by impact type (here’s air pollution):

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