This touring photographic exhibition is a major component of the British Council’s ZeroCarbonCity Campaign. Ιt is in partnership with and involves photography from the .
Ten of the world’s top photographers from were commissioned to capture images from ten diverse countries around the world to illustrate the impact of climate change.
These photographers were also asked to chronicle the range of solutions to reduce carbon emissions in communities from the north, south, east and west of the globe. This has produced some inspiring images, which detail the resourceful ways in which these communities have adapted.
Seen through the eyes of photographers, takes a 360 degree look at climate change and the urgent need for action. From life at the rising water’s edge in the Marshall Islands, to riding high on a solar fuelled Ferris wheel in LA, is a message on climate change for wherever, and however, you live in the world.
The exhibition pictures real examples of our changing climate and the effects can be clearly viewed in many countries with images of extreme weather events, trends in arctic ice cap thickness, observed glacier retreats, poor urban air quality, environmental refugees, and lack of available water. The exhibition also looks at energy efficiency, renewable energy, fuel cell technology, combined heat and power plants, effective public transport systems, carbon capture and storage, and emissions trading. Finally, it looks at people; the faces and voices that are making a difference to our changing climate.
The exhibition will be open to the public from at the as part of the programme and will act as a visual wake-up call to the world’s companies, citizens and government leaders that 2005 is a crucial year for climate change.
