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Images that link climate change to everyday concerns

One key conclusion from the Climate Visuals research was the importance of linking climate change to everyday concerns. The images in this gallery were either tested in our research, and scored highly on this attribute, or are similar to the tested images, are are therefore likely to be received in a similar way.

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  • "Baby Beach" with oil refineries in the background, Aruba.⠀ ⠀ Participants in our discussion groups responded to images that portrayed a contrast of some kind, and the contrast in this image is twofold: between the vibrant colours of the 'beach' and the metallic greys of the oil refinery – and between the polluting chimneys and a tropical beach holiday scene that many people aspire to. This image tells a compelling multilayered story.⠀ ⠀ Photo by Spencer Thomas (CC BY 2.0)⠀ Creative commons⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #climatevisuals #climatechange #climateimagery #climatephotography #climatecommunication #tellnewstories #photography #fossilfuels #beach #contrast #pollution #smoke #envcomm #airquality #aruba

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The images on this site fall into two categories: Creative Commons (CC) images and copyrighted (©) images.

Creative Commons images are free to use and share under the specific terms of each image, which can be found by the original image on the respective site we link to.

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