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Emergencies on planet Earth: images from the climate crisis – in pictures
This Guardian photo gallery showcases images exploring the climate crisis and related humanitarian emergencies, tied to Summit Photo, the Royal Geographical Society's environmental and humanitarian photography forum running 17–19 July in London and online. The collection brings together leading photojournalists and artists whose work spans wildfires, flooding, plastic pollution, industrial hazards and displacement, illustrating how ecological breakdown intersects with poverty, conflict and human rights.
Featured images include James Balog's wildfire photography in Canada's Northwest Territories; Simon Townsley's portrait of a displaced family sheltering in Nigeria amid economic crisis and food insecurity; Gideon Mendel's account of a Florida family devastated by Hurricane Irma's flooding; Shahidul Alam's documentation of dangerous shipbreaking work in Chittagong, Bangladesh, and a Dhaka protest against the imprisonment of artists; Mandy Barker's images of seabirds dying from ingested plastic on Lord Howe Island; and Selene Magnolia Gatti's photographs of pigs surviving flooded factory farms in Italy.
In short
- Guardian gallery ties climate and humanitarian crisis photography to RGS's Summit Photo forum
- Images cover wildfires, floods, plastic pollution and displacement worldwide
- Summit Photo runs 17–19 July in London and online
Explained simply
This is a collection of photographs exploring how climate change and environmental crises affect communities around the world. The images have been assembled for Summit Photo, an environmental and humanitarian photography forum run by the Royal Geographical Society, taking place in July in London and online.
The collection features work from leading photojournalists and artists documenting ecological breakdown in various contexts. Their photographs show wildfires, flooding, plastic pollution, industrial hazards and the displacement of families and communities resulting from environmental crises.
The gallery demonstrates the connections between climate and environmental crises with broader humanitarian challenges. By bringing together photojournalistic evidence, the forum shows how ecological breakdown affects communities facing poverty, conflict and inequality.
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