Art, Climate Change, And Human Security

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An Art exhibition, under this theme, which takes place this week in the South Gallery of the Visitors’ Lobby at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, is a great boost for people to change intolerance attitudes towards caring for the environment and human security. Seven contemporary artists, representing Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and North America and Western Asia, contribute their art works for public display. Mia Hanak, Executive Director of the Natural World Museum, said that the exhibition seeks to use the universal language of art as a catalyst for action and social change. She hopes that art will trigger an emotional response on environmental issues and climate change, usually are presented in a dry scientific ways. Catherine Chalmers’ and Cecilia Paredes’ arts explore the links between human and animal world, while the other artist, Subhankar Banerjee, prefers to show his artistic photographs depicting the Arctic and the life of indigenous peoples of the North. These artists, environmental activists and scientists are attending a seminar and panel discussions to find creative approaches in dealing with climate change and human security in a holistic way. Together they have an opportunity to share strategies relating to ways in which communities and government around the World can use art to promote changes in their own cultures and the different ways of life. The Outreach Division of the United Nations Department of Information and the United Nations Environment Programme, who organized this event, are doing an excellent job. The exhibition is open to the public until the end of May.