From foil-wrapped glaciers to the Alpine storm cyclist: the artists fighting climate change

After too long a silence, art is finally tackling global warming. Here are the big players - including the photographer who's lighting up AlaskaIn 1975, photographer Michel Comte stood up before scientists, business leaders and politicians at the Club of Rome to deliver a speech about the climate disaster he believed was on the horizon. Back then, he was still a student, and a little nervous - but he could sense the future. Now, Comte's recent works incorporating black carbon fallout from the jet stream, shown in Rome, Milan and Hong Kong, prove just how right he was to speak out.Comte's message was echoed last week in the UK, when thousands of schoolchildren - inspired by 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg - took to the streets to pressure the government into taking action on climate change. Like Comte, they have seen a bleak future ahead and are speaking out. Continue reading...