Our photo exhibition kicked off in the Upper Waiting Hall in Parliament in October with the backing of Green Party Leader Caroline Lucas MP to challenge traditional perceptions of climate change.
The launch was a huge success with a number of MPs in attendance to find out more about how Practical Action is empowering families in developing countries on the front line of climate change.
The photos show a more positive side of climate change against the backdrop of failed negotiations, depicting communities that have not contributed to carbon emissions but have had to adapt their lives dramatically, just to survive.
Water is a theme that runs throughout the exhibition in countries where there’s too much of it, and too little. The images show simple adaptation solutions from floating gardens on the floodwaters of Bangladesh to mud dams in drought-prone Sudan.
The exhibition moves on to the Department for International Development (DfID) before hitting the road and travelling to Belgium and Sweden to spread the message Europe-wide that climate change is happening and we must take action now!
Have you signed up to our ‘face up to four degrees‘ campaign urging David Cameron to take action on climate change before it’s too late?
October 28th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Well done – we’re working on it too (we at GreenTEA (Eynsham) that is – see http://www.eynsham.org/teahome.html)
October 28th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
It is pity that the people who do not produce green gases, face the impacts. I urge the nations that produces CO2 to support poor countries that suffer from climate change.
October 28th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
I’m always in favour of anything that helps people in need. However, the stuff that really hurts poor people isn’t climate change, and certainly not man-made climate change. It’s war, poverty, overpopulation, and resource degradation (e.g. cutting down trees leading to excess run-off, flooding, and soil loss). Please put your efforts towards solving problems that we CAN do something about, not those we can’t!
Best wishes nonetheless, as ever
Simon Loveday