Building an Environmental Metrics Dashboard in R Using Shiny
In today's data-driven world, tracking environmental indicators such as CO2 emissions, renewable energy consumption, and energy use is essential for understanding and addressing global challenges. This blog walks you through building an Environmental Metrics Dashboard in R using the Shiny framework, enabling users to visualize and compare these critical indicators across multiple countries over time. Why Build an Environmental Metrics Dashboard? Environmental data, such as CO2 emissions per capita and renewable energy consumption, provide invaluable insights into a country's progress toward sustainability. By visualizing these metrics interactively, stakeholders and decision-makers can identify trends, compare countries, and focus on actionable solutions. The dashboard we’ll create allows users to: Compare multiple countries across key environmental metrics. Explore trends over time. Customize visualizations with a user-friendly interface. Key Componen...