Photos: How the planet is coping with climate change
To mark the start of COP17 in Durban Gary Braasch has generously allowed Responding to Climate Change to feature a collection of pictures, focusing on the damaging effects of climate change.
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Gary Braasch is one of the world’s finest environmental photographers, covering our changing planet from the Amazonian Rainforests to the Arctic Glaciers.
His images and articles have been published by Time, LIFE, Discover, Smithsonian, National Geographic, Scientific American and the United Nations among many others.
To mark the start of COP17 in Durban he has generously allowed Responding to Climate Change to feature a collection of pictures, focusing on the damaging effects of climate change.
His acclaimed book earthunderfire offers photographs, maps and quotes from world climate science leaders – demonstrating how and why the world is changing all around us.
To contact Gary about his work or assignments email him at [email protected].
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