A Cultural Tribute and Urgent Message

The No-Home Jersey incorporates symbols that reflect the nation’s heritage, including the great white shark, the national Plumeria flower, and the outrigger canoe. These cultural elements celebrate the Marshall Islands while conveying a pressing environmental issue. The number “1.5” on the front of the jersey references the Paris Agreement’s critical temperature threshold, emphasizing the risk of irreversible damage if global temperatures rise beyond this point.

Though the Marshall Islands has a federation, players, and a football field, it remains the only UN-recognized nation without an official football team. By introducing the jersey, the Federation aims to speed up the process of gaining recognition from the Oceania Football Confederation. It also seeks to raise awareness about the dangers of climate change.

Visual Metaphor for Rising Seas

Promotional materials for the jersey show it gradually disappearing through cut-outs, symbolizing the potential loss of the Marshall Islands due to rising sea levels. This striking visual is a reminder that, without global action on emissions, the island nation could face permanent flooding within 50 years.

Matt Webb, the Federation’s commercial director, explained, “If global warming continues, our nation may be faced with irreversible damage from rising sea waters.”

The No-Home Jersey combines a celebration of Marshallese culture with a stark call for climate action. The slogan “we deserve to thrive,” from Marshallese poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, reinforces the message of resilience and the need to protect the nation’s future.

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The Creative Commissions platform serves as a nexus for artists, scientists, and digital innovators globally, uniting them to craft creative solutions to the urgent climate crisis. The goal is to spark worldwide conversations and inspire transformative change.

The immersive exhibition, now open in the UAE, showcases the perspectives of twelve esteemed artists from Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. The roster includes Mehdi Annasi, Tracy Chahwan, Zeinab Fasiki, Noha Habaieb, Bernard Hage (Art of Boo), Mai Koraiem, Lena Merhej, Fouad Mezher, Seif Eddine Nechi, Mo Salah, Shennawy, and Selim Zerru. Each artist has been commissioned to craft compelling narratives addressing climate crises in their unique contexts, offering diverse lenses through which to view global challenges.

This global initiative not only expands its reach through the UAE exhibition but also plans to culminate in a printed publication and a digital representation on the website 10yearstosavetheworld.com. The project leverages the power of storytelling, uniting artists and professionals to convey the urgent need for change.

As visitors explore the exhibition and engage with the comics, the emphasis is on reflecting on the impact of individual actions and recognizing the transformative potential of collective change. The climate crisis, a formidable challenge, finds a universal language in art, enabling the amplification of the message and collective efforts toward a sustainable future.

The celebration of Arab comic art’s creativity and innovation takes centre stage, woven seamlessly with advocacy for the planet we call home. This collaborative effort aims to turn ink into action, inviting everyone to join in the global movement for a more sustainable and resilient future.

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The $300 million yacht was targeted by the activists, who spray-painted the stern with striking signs that read “YOU CONSUME, OTHERS SUFFER.” In a video posted on Twitter, the activists were heard delivering a powerful message, pointing out that the richest 1 percent of the global population contributes more to pollution than the poorest 50 percent. They emphasized that such disproportionate consumption is devastating our planet’s habitability while enabling an unsustainable and unreasonable lifestyle.

Following the act of vandalism, the activists were promptly arrested and later released on Monday, as stated by the organization. They were charged with inflicting damage and held for approximately a day.

Nancy Walton Laurie, as part of the prominent Walton family, is not only known for her association with Walmart but also for her role as an art collector and patron. She is the cousin of Alice Walton, a renowned art collector and founder of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Olivia Walton, chairperson of the same institution’s board.

Futuro Vegetal, the activist group responsible for the defacement, has become known for its high-profile climate demonstrations targeting cultural institutions worldwide. Last November, members of the group staged a protest at Madrid’s Prado Museum, where they glued themselves to Francisco Goya’s masterpieces, “The Clothed Maja” and “The Naked Maja.” In addition to this, they wrote “1.5 C” on the museum wall, referring to a UN report predicting a rise in Earth’s temperature between 2.4 degrees Celsius and 2.6 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.

The climate activists did not stop there. During the same month, they targeted the Egyptian Museum in Barcelona and protested the climate conference COP27, which was taking place in Egypt at that time, by directing their attention to a replica mummy.

Futuro Vegetal’s actions highlight their determination to raise awareness about the urgent need for climate action and to hold individuals and corporations accountable for their contributions to environmental degradation.

The incident involving Nancy Walton Laurie’s yacht showcases the activist group’s commitment to drawing attention to the disproportionate impact of excessive consumption and luxury lifestyles on the environment. While their methods may be controversial, the activists believe that direct action is necessary to spark meaningful change and force the issue of climate change to the forefront of public consciousness.

As the world grapples with the consequences of climate change, actions like these serve as a stark reminder that the fight for a sustainable future is far from over, and that climate activists remain steadfast in their pursuit of global climate justice.

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The protest organization “Just Stop Oil” has conducted a series of high-profile actions in order to halt UK government authorisation for exploring, developing, and producing fossil fuels. The Metropolitan Police (Met) claimed two protesters from the organization were detained for criminal damage and aggravated trespass after they “threw a substance over a picture” at the Trafalgar Square gallery and attached themselves to a wall just after 11 a.m. (10 a.m. GMT).

Police stated they had unglued the demonstrators and transported them to a police station in central London. The two demonstrators “appeared to adhere themselves to the wall close to Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers,'” according to the National Gallery, and hurled a “red substance” at the artwork. The room was emptied of people, and police were contacted, according to the report.

A video uploaded on Twitter by the Guardian’s environment journalist Damien Gayle and reposted by the eco-activist organization shows two ladies wearing T-shirts with the phrase “Just Stop Oil” throwing soup cans at the famed mural. After affixing themselves to the wall, one of the activists exclaims, “What is more valuable, art or life?” “Are you more worried about protecting an artwork or protecting our earth and people?” she inquires.

Someone can be heard exclaiming “oh my God!” when the soup strikes the canvas, and another person screams “Security!” as soup falls from the frame onto the floor in the video.

According to a statement from Just Stop Oil, its activists tossed two cans of Heinz Tomato soup over the artwork to demand that the UK government cancel all new oil and gas projects. The protest’s message, it subsequently tweeted, was “Choose life above art.”

“Human innovation and intelligence are on display in this gallery,” the group claimed, “but our heritage is being destroyed by our government’s inability to act on the climate and cost of living crises.”

According to the advocacy organization, the artwork is worth $84.2 million. According to the National Institution’s website, the signed picture from 1888 was purchased by the gallery in 1924. Van Gogh painted seven versions of “Sunflowers,” five of which are on exhibit in museums and galleries across the world.

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, for example, said it was keeping a “close eye on developments” that may influence its own security procedures. The incident was criticized by well-known Dutch “art detective” Arthur Brand, called the “Indiana Jones of the Art World” for rescuing important artworks. “There are hundreds of methods to draw attention to climate issues. This should not be among them “He stated. The incident comes a week after British Home Secretary Suella Braverman threatened direct-action climate protestors, accusing them of deploying “guerrilla methods” to cause “chaos and suffering” in the public sphere.

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