18th September, 2009
NELL POTTER
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Scroll down for a larger version of this image.Oil on canvas
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Climate change is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity and species loss. With every increase in global temperature, more and more species will become extinct such as the marine turtle, the Murray cod, orangutans and ginseng, as the relief shows. The poor are more vulnerable because they are more dependant on natural resources and have lower capacity to cope.
The climate is changing and hope is fading. Fading because we are not seeing the national governments of our world be courageous enough to make the hard decisions needed to halt dangerous climate change. They're not courageous enough to step out of the political vote-scoring cycle and implement visionary, long-lasting sustainable solutions.
This changing climate also brings fading hope for the millions of poor people who are being more adversely affected. Hope is fading that the eight Millennium Development Goals so inspiringly adopted at the beginning of this century will ever be achieved by 2015, if at all.
But hope is present in the grassroots movements springing up throughout the world, where people of all walks of life are saying "enough is enough! We want a habitable planet for our children; we want a just, equitable world in which to live".
I echo these sentiments and aim to bring that message out in my artwork that reflect on the 8 Millennium Development Goals and the effects of climate change on the poor .
Visit www.evocartive.com.au for more information.
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