TckTckTck partners, Greenpeace and 350.org, staged a haunting underwater action this week to highlight the need for urgent climate action.
The 400 life-sized statues were nine metres below the sea, off the Mexican coast. Activists from around South America were photographed underwater with the statues, dressed in everyday wear, including suits, jeans, dresses and surf gear.
"These statues were designed and created to live beneath the sea and to form part of the ocean environment. Real people, however, cannot live underwater. Yet, without action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, 100 million people or more could be in danger of losing their homes, their lives, or both to rising seas. Ministers need to make the right choices this week, and set us on a path that will save the climate, and ourselves," said Brady Bradshaw, from Greenpeace US student network.
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