60 SOLUTIONS: against climate change
"60 SOLUTIONS against climate change", a photo exhibition composed of
21 photographs by YannArthus-Bertrand (The GoodPlanet Foundation) will
be displayed on Ananda Comaraswamy Mawatha (Nelum Pokuna Road), during
the whole duration of the COP21 in Paris.
The Embassy of France in Sri Lanka & the Maldives, in partnership
with the French Agency for Development (AFD) and the Ministry of
Internal Affairs - Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs of Sri
Lanka, inaugurated the exhibition on November 27.
While France is about to host the 21st Conference of the Parties to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in
December 2015, AFD and the GoodPlanet Foundation are using images and
informative panels in Sinhala and Tamil to highlight innovative and
effective solutions combining the fight against climate change and
sustainable economic development. The aim of this exhibition presented
in various universities of Sri Lanka and in the National Art Gallery of
Colombo is to raise public awareness about ecology and to inform the
population about how to face the consequences of the central issue of
climate change and to promote practical examples of solutions to inspire
and to give rise to a desire to take positive action.
The exhibition comprises photos by Yann Arthus-Bertrand from his
famous "Earth from Above" series and presents concrete initiatives in
four sectors: cities-living together; agriculture - feeding the world;
energy transition & efficiency; climate change adaptation. It will be
exhibited on the public space of Colombo, open to all, during the
negotiations of Paris, until December 13, 2015. |