Tableau = awesome; CO2 emissions = not-so-awesome

What I really like about this visualization is that it is helping to tell two stories about the same thing, CO2 emissions.

The treemap bar chart on the left clearly shows that overall CO2 emissions are rising annually, and that China/SE Asia is the region contributing the most amount of said emissions.

The line chart on the right tells a different story. It shows that even though China emits the most CO2, per capita it is actually quite low. Significantly lower than the US.

What is alarming about this is taking the total emissions story and pairing it with the per capita story. China is trending upwards in both instances which has major global consequences for climate change.