THE STORY OF THE CLIMATE CLOCK ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2020, THE CLIMATE CLOCK STARTED WORKING.

  To stay below 1.5°C warming and avoid the irreversible effects of the worst effects of climate change, in September 2020 the clock told us that we have an alarmingly short 7 years, 102 days to make a radical transition away from fossil fuels. It struck a nerve across the globe and quickly became an iconic reference point for the urgent need for climate action. The brainchild of climate activists Gan Golan and Andrew Boyd, fixer-upper artist Katie Peyton Hofstadter, tech maestro Adrian Carpenter, and a team supporting the clutch including leading scientists, the mayor's office, and a host of creatives, the climate clock was clearly an idea whose time had come. To the outside eye, this might seem like an obvious thing. However, this was far from the team's first attempt to start a clock, nor was it the first climate clock. (More on climateclock.world)