The United Nations will host “NorthSouthEastWest” until 12 October 2006. The exhibition originally opened in March 2005 in London as part of the British Council’s global ZeroCarbonCity initiative, a two-year campaign to raise awareness and stimulate debate around climate change and the challenges faced around the world.
Each photograph captures an example of climate change and its effects, ranging from extreme weather and glacier retreats to poor urban air quality and environmental refugees.
These striking photographs reveal the realities of climate change. Natural disasters are more frequent. Deserts are expanding. Sea levels are rising. Climate change is not some far-off, future threat. It is happening now. It affects us all. We need to urgently act, …
What is especially valuable about this exhibition is that it also shows us how we can respond to the challenge. Reducing carbon emissions, more effective public transport systems, greater use of renewables - these are some of the solutions that the United Kingdom and the United Nations are pursuing.
Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.
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