With the current situation with the COVID lockdown in place, we are seeing how an immediate reduction in CO2 emissions are having a positive impact on air quality and the environment. Albeit an 'enforced' reduction that has had a negative knock-on effect to the global economy, it should however give us pause to reflect on how it could be addressed - but only if we are willing to dramatically change our lifestyles.

This artwork represents how our love affair with fossil fuels and plastics are contributing to global warming and climate change. Drought and soil degradation are already amongst the biggest risks of natural disaster facing the planet. The future of fresh water will be full of extremes: Droughts will pose serious challenges to the safety, health, food and water supplies of plants, animals and humans in some regions, and floods will do the same in others.

Time is running out for us to tackle this, head-on.

You can read more about the rationale behind this work 'And then the rivers ran dry …' in the environmental issues gallery.