2024 GLOBAL PRIZE COMPETITION
The 2024 Global Contest promotes climate justice. We believe climate change is a human rights issue, so we are looking for images that show people impacted by the escalating climate crisis. They include climate refuges, the very young, the very old, the disabled and injured, the poor, indigenous and island people, and women. Images of climate champions advocating for change, and those helping to mitigate and reverse climate change are welcome.
Title: Ambalakondro, Devastated by Cyclone Freddy
Description: “In the village of Ambalakondro, Cyclone Freddy devastated 90% of the homes, leaving these residents to take refuge beneath a fragment of their roof.”
Location: Mananjary, Madagascar
Title: Mother of the Mangroves
Description: “A group of women plants mangroves near the clay embankments of a village in
the Sundarbans to protect it from erosion, tidal waves, saline water intrusion, and high-intensity cyclones.”
Location: Sundarban, India
Date: 06/2024
Photographer: Sudip Maiti
Title: Plastic Fishing
Description: “Fishers along the Mumbai coast are bringing their boats ashore across plastic waste that has accumulated on the seaside during high tide.”
Location: Mumbai, India
Date: 06/2024
Photographer: Somenath Mukhopadhyay
Title: The Foot Bath
Description: “This picture was taken the day after heavy rains hit Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, in March 2024. More than two meters of rain fell, leaving thousands of people soaked for weeks.”
Location: Maputo, Mozambique
Date: 03/2024
Photographer: Michela Caserini
Title: Flood in Germany
Description: “Floods in Saarland, Germany: People help each other with sandbags.”
Location: Blieskastel, Germany
Date: 05/2023
Photographer: Maximilian Mann
Title: Toxicity 2
Description: “Light bulbs are designed with planned obsolescence in mind. Electrical electronics constitute a significant quantity of municipal solid wastes which are discarded after use in open dump sites.”
Location: Nigeria
Date: 05/2023
Photographer: Emeke Obanor
Title: Lifting Houses of Coastal Erosion Victims in Takalar
Description: “A group of residents worked together to lift a house in Bontokanang Village, Takalar Regency, South Sulawesi. A total of 9 houses were affected by coastal erosion in the area. The erosion of the coastline in Takalar is concrete evidence of the threat.”
Location: South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Date: 07/2023
Photographer: Arfa Zulkarnain Ramlan
Title: The Lives of the Rohingya are Now Affected by Climate Change
Description: “A massive fire broke out in the Rohingya camp, burning down thousands of shelters and killing dozens of refugees. The Rohingya frequently experience fire accidents, causing them to be displaced repeatedly.”
Location: Rohingya refugee camp, Bangladesh
Date: 01/2024
Photographer: Khin Maung Thein
Title: Sustainability in Action
Description: “Plastic waste is polluting Inle Lake. Educating locals, especially the youth, on responsible disposal is crucial. This photo of children cleaning the lake symbolizes hope for a
sustainable future.”
Location: Inle Lake, Myanmar
Date: 06/2024
Photographer: Aung Chan Thar
Title: Rescue
Description: “A man is rescued by a helicopter team after being surrounded by water on the roof of his house in Canoas, metropolitan region of Porto Alegre.”
Location: Canoas, Brazil
Date: 04/2024
Photographer: Isaac Fontana
Title: Source Life Seeker
“Believing that, in the absence of an afterlife or any discernible purpose to the universe, human beings can create meaning in their own lives by seeking happiness in this life and helping others do the same.”
Location: Chittagong, Bangladesh
Date: 02/2024
Photographer: Sumon Das
Title: Louisa Projected on Iceberg
Description: “Polar sea ice is steadily thinning and vanishing. Louisa recalls the days when she would return to her family by dogsled each Christmas. Now, the community considers itself fortunate if the ice holds for just two or three months a year, and dogsleds have become a rare sight.”
Location: Uummannaq, Greenland
Date: 03/2024
Photographer: Adam Sébire
Title: The Rohingya are Now Victims of Climate Change
Description: “A young Rohingya boy was drinking water from a flooded water pump in the world’s largest refugee camp.”
Location: Rohingya camp, Bangladesh
Date: 8/2023
Photographer: Khin Maung Thein
Title: Invitation to Invade
Description: “Using metaphorical imagery and inventive lighting to depict the impact of plastic pollution, transforming collected plastic waste into art to evoke emotions, raise awareness, and inspire change.”
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Date: 11/2023
Photographer: Adedolapo Boluwatife
Title: Pollution of Abundance
Description: “Old Fadama is a mountain in Ghana. Used clothes represent the new transhumance, where people draw their sustenance from the abundance of faraway societies. Changing habits are linked to climate change.”
Location: Accra, Ghana
Date: 09/2023
Photographer: Christian Barbe
Title: Ganga Erosion
Description: “Residents move dangerously as a stretch of the road is affected due to Ganga erosion. Many houses along the riverbanks have eroded into the river, displacing a large number of people.”
Location: Samserganj, India
Date: 05/2023
Photographer: Sumit Sanyal
Title: Desert Games
Description: “A girl is running in the middle of the desert while a ghost waits for her in a play tent. Years later, our children will be exposed to desert games. We must prevent this. The
Desert Games are starting.”
Location: Yeşilhisar, Turkey
Date: 12/2024
Photographer: Yakup Sayak
Title: NOW WE RISE!
Description: “Environmental protest groups, including Extinction Rebellion, demonstrated in Helsinki on June 25th. Protesters demanded increased action to address climate change.”
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Date: 06/2024
Photographer: Ingrid van der Velde
Title: The Burning City
Description: “The land of Jharia, a region in Jharkhand, India, revolves around open-cast coal mines pulsating like volcanoes. Meanwhile, the coal fires in the area emit substantial amounts of carbon.”
Location: Jharia, Jharkhand, India
Date: 01/2024
Photographer: Vishal Kumar Singh
Title: Cilo Buzulları
Description: “Cilo Mountain, Turkey's second-highest summit at 4,135 meters, is home to the millennia-old Cilo Glaciers in Hakkari, which are now melting due to global warming.”
Location: Hakkari, Turkey
Date: 05/2024
Photographer: BETÜL ŞİMŞEK
Title: Makoko Survivors
Description: “This image shows a portion of the Makoko community, which has garnered attention as a floating settlement. Makoko exemplifies an innovative approach to living amidst challenging environmental conditions.”
Location: Nigeria
Date: 08/2024
Photographer: Adebote Mayowa
Title: The Death River in the Dog Shape
Description: “The crystal-clear water of the Piyain River, which flows from India through Bangladesh, is dying a slow death because of uncontrolled stone extracting that is harming and threatening the environment.”
Location: Jaflong, Bangladesh
Date: 01/2024
Photographer: M Yousuf Tushar
Title: The Barren Beach
Description: “A mother carries her child on her back as she collects small fish to feed her family on Aboikro Beach. Fishing communities are becoming "climate refugees" as fish become scarcer due to climate change.”
Location: Aboikro beach, Assouinde, Côte d'Ivoire
Date: 11/2024
Photographer: Antonio Aragon Renuncio
Title: Walk Through The River of Plastics
Description: “Millions of people in this area of Bangladesh pass daily through this unrecyclable ocean of plastic, which consists of bridges connecting both sides of the Buriganga River.”
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Date: 08/2024
Photographer: Jahid Apu
Title: Eco-Grid: A Vision of Sustainable Mobility
Description: “This aerial photo displays a vast array of e-bikes in China, representing the country's ambitious push towards sustainable transportation.”
Location: Guilin, China
Date: 04/2022
Photographer: Yi Hui
Title: Water Joy
Description: “The Just Human International Aid Association, with the support of benefactors as part of the 'A Drop of Hope Project,' opened the 1,066th water well in Uganda. The local people were happy to have access to it.”
Location: Uganda
Date: 06/2024
Photographer: Cem Genco
Title: Flood in Neyshabour 5
Description: “Heavy rain and hail on May 15, 2024 caused flooding in the city, blocking roads and streets.”
Location: Neyshabour, Iran
Date: 05/2024
Photographer: Morteza Aminoroayayi
Title: Life is Changed by Frequent Floods
Description: “A man rides a scooter through mud and debris after heavy rainfall flooded Tangxia town in Dongguan, on September 9, 2023.”
Location: Guangdong province, China
Date: 09/2024
Photographer: Aly Song Yang
Title: Facing the Sandstorm
Description: “When the sandstorm hits, it hits hard. The sky looks dark. We can hear the sounds of things hitting each other or, worse, things falling close to us or on us. It can uproot and blow away our tents.”
Location: Samara Refugee Camp, Tindouf, Algeria
Date: 12/2023
Photographer: Mohamed Sleiman Labat
Title: Negative effects of river floods
Description: “When the rivers flood, the poor families in the village are in trouble and move toward a safe place. This photo was taken during my visit to that village to provide assistance.”
Location: Myintwin Village, Mandalay Division, Myanmar
Date: 07/2023
Photographer: Aung Kyaw Zaw
Title: Wall of Destiny
Description: “A horrible spectacle of a seaside village in Odisha, India with all its deserted houses destroyed by repeated cyclones, looks haunted.”
Location: Odisha, India
Date: 05/2024
Photographer: Somenath Mukhopadhyay
UNITED NATIONS AND UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD GLOBAL EXHIBIT
The 2024 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Recipient, Top 10 Finalists and 20 Honorable Mentions will have their work exhibited globally by United Nations Human Rights and the University of Oxford on September 10, 2024 – to open the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit at Oxford.
The climate justice exhibit will then be globally promoted by the United Nations on UN.org.
David Clark Cause