ZeroCarbonCity was a global British Council campaign launched to raise awareness and stimulate debate about climate change and the energy challenges faced by the world’s greatest cities. The programme involved activities in over 60 countries and reached over 8 million people. These included city debates; an online global debate featuring thoughts from key commentators; information and multimedia products; drama workshops; educational activities and resources plus a global touring exhibition, NorthSouthEastWest, which was a major component of our campaign.
NorthSouthEastWest was a photographic exhibition developed by the British Council and The Climate Group which toured 100 cities in 2005 and 2006. The exhibition illustrated not only the impacts of climate change, but also the solutions which are being implemented to reduce carbon emissions in communities across the globe. These powerful images, captured by ten of the world’s top photographers from Magnum Photographic Agency, portray images from ten diverse nations and examine the wider implications of climate change on human rights; economics; technology and innovation, and our health.
Following on from the success of ZeroCarbonCity the British Council has launched a new global campaign which seeks to assist the UK Government to achieve its international strategic priority by leading others towards a faster transition to sustainable, low carbon economies. We believe that climate change is one of the greatest social, economic, political and environmental challenges facing our generation. Our International Climate Champions will help to; achieve understanding of the case for tackling climate change, mobilise public pressure for progress on international agreements and establish relationships and networks which lead to action.
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