New Climate Gallery brings climate change into sharp focus

A new Climate Gallery has launched today on the Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year website, featuring an expanded collection of exceptional photography, accompanied by detailed information and stories that bring climate change into sharp focus. 

Launched to tie in with COP 29 (the United Nations Climate Change conference), the Climate Gallery is a curated selection of ten images from this year's competition which combine compelling storytelling about climate change with outstanding photographic skill.  

Followers will recognise some of this year’s finalists from the main competition amongst the selection, chosen for the strong climate change stories that they tell, including the winner of this year’s Standard Chartered Climate Award, ‘Rowing’ by Gerson Turelly. Six striking additional photographs have been selected that further reveal the connections between weather patterns and the impacts of climate change in different regions of the world.  

The ten images show how photography is a powerful visual medium for documenting both the extreme weather events made more likely by climate change, such as floods and wildfires, and the slower changes that we may all notice wherever we live over time, such as later ice-melt in the mountains, or a river that more frequently dries out. As a collection, the images illustrate how global shifts in climate are affecting daily lives, agriculture, health and livelihoods, and highlight the urgent need for action. 

Among the issues highlighted in the Climate Gallery are the impact of Bangladesh’s brick factories on air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions; the impacts of sudden heavy rainfall and flooding on human lives in different parts of Asia; and how climate change is impacting on the frequency of wildfires in California, USA. One striking new photograph depicts frozen methane bubbles on a lake in Canada, accompanied by a caption explaining how methane contributes significantly to global warming, and why rapidly reducing methane emissions could be a golden opportunity for immediate impact on the worst effects of climate change.  

Introduced for the first time in 2024, the Standard Chartered Climate Award aimed to spotlight vital stories about climate change, encouraging photographers to capture and share images that not only provoke thought but also inspire change. 

View the Climate Gallery