Sundarbans Climate Voices Exhibition in London

Photographer Peter Caton gives a speech at the opening night of the exhibition “Sinking Sundarbans - Climate Voices,” on display at the Oxo Tower Wharf in London. He was commissioned by Greenpeace to photograph the plight of the people of the Sundarbans in the aftermath of extreme flooding in the region.

Unique identifier: GP01YMN

Type: Image

Shoot date: 13/01/2010

Locations: England, London, Western Europe

Credit line: © Emma Stoner / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Sundarbans Climate Voices Exhibition in London

Photographer Peter Caton documented the Sundarbans region, and his images are on display in an exhibition “Sinking Sundarbans - Climate Voices”, at the Oxo Tower Wharf in London. Peter Caton was commissioned by Greenpeace to photograph the plight of the people of the Sundarbans in the aftermath of extreme flooding in the region. The Sundarbans is a network of islands that spans the mouth of the Ganges delta from eastern India to Bangladesh. The Sundarbans contain the largest mangrove forest in the world, a particularly ecologically sensitive area. Scientists estimate that over 70,000 people, living effectively on the front line of climate change, will be displaced from the Sundarbans due to sea level rise by the year 2030.

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