Climate Visuals and Climate Resilience for All launch new guidance for visualising extreme heat
Fast-growing extreme heat risk is now the biggest killer among climate extreme events. But the scale and seriousness of the threat is hard to portray visually, not least because heat is largely invisible - unlike other climate extremes such as floods and storms - and because many of those suffering its impact do so indoors, out of the public eye. How can photographers and videographers accurately portray extreme heat as the serious threat that it is?
Climate Visuals and Climate Resilience for All have developed new guidance for image commissioners, producers and publishers to promote a more accurate visual representation of extreme heat, one that moves beyond familiar visual cliches and images of fun in the sun, and tells detailed, nuanced, and engaging stories about its risks, as well as helping to visualise adaptation and mitigation.
As global heat records continue to fall, and the death toll rises, Climate Resilience for All, Climate Visuals and photographers at the frontlines of heat impacts launched this resource with an online discussion on 21 August 2024 about how to more effectively tell the story of rising heat risks visually.
Moderator: Laurie Goering, Extreme heat editor, Climate Resilience for All
Panellists:
- Kathy Baughman McLeod, CEO, Climate Resilience for All
- Alastair Johnstone, Climate Visuals manager
- Supratim Bhattacharjee, award-winning Indian climate change photographer
- Bhumika Saraswati, award-winning New Delhi-based writer, photographer and filmmaker
Contact: Climate Visuals