Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Ten photographs that made the world wake up to climate change
Governments from most countries discuss, argue, and agree on plans and
actions to curb global warming. Goals are set and regulations are imposed. Investors
and enterprises invest their funds and make their efforts trying to meet the
new requirements. Yet, the planet keeps warming, the climate is changing, and extreme
climate events like heat waves, heavy rainfalls, and droughts are causing
devastating impacts on communities and natural ecosystems. We may need more
attention to realize how serious the situation is. One way is to show visual images
of the place, people, flora, and fauna that are affected. As seeing is
believing, visual images are inviting the viewers and engage them with the reality
that is hardly seen otherwise. Founded in 2014, SeaLegacy, an NGO that uses
films and photos to raise awareness of climate issues to help protect the
planet. Some of the images they took clearly show the evidence, such as waterfalls
off an ice cap due to an extremely warm summer in Norway, bodies of six dead giraffes
under severe drought in Kenya, and villagers standing on eroded land caused by
seal level rise in Bangladesh. Quite convincing, aren’t they?
See the photos and think how serious climate change is to our planet.
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