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A CLIMATE MURAL FOR OUR TIMES' Global science, local expression
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Norwich artist spreads climate change message through work."I know it's important I must do this and I must say the truth and say what I feel." (BBC)
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On the image: Genandiy Ivanov, Professors John Pomeroy
and Trevor Davies
Climate Art Influential in UN Declaration that 2025 shall be International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation.
The UN has just made this declaration after the case was initially championed by Professor John Pomeroy (Director of Global Water Futures, University of Saskatchewan and former NATO Science Fellow in the School of Environmental Sciences, UEA) who supported UNESCO and the WMO in advising the Government of Tajikistan to make the case to the UN General Assembly.
Art-Science presentations by the Transitions art-science project colleagues, Norwich artist Gennadiy Ivanov and Professors Trevor Davies (UEA) and John Pomeroy, played an important role: firstly, by presenting to Tajikistan Ministers during COP26 at Glasgow during the Transitions exhibition in the Blue Zone; and then during joint presentations with Tajikistan to COP27 in Egypt and to the UN General Assembly in New York.
This is the latest example of Transitions art and science working together to influence policy. This follows its significant role in Ottawa’s 2022 decision to establish a new Canada Water Agency and, in collaboration with the Climatic Research Unit CRU (Tim Osborn and Michael Taylor), producing a climate change mural for Norwich City Council. This was installed in the City Hall Council Chamber in November, commissioned to be a constant reminder to councillors of the importance of accounting for the climate change challenge in decision-making.
“I am proud that my art, produced in collaboration with climate scientists, is able to have an influence on policy” says Gennadiy Ivanov. “I have produced many paintings of glaciers and cold regions. It makes me sad when I portray the stresses that mountain glaciers are experiencing because of climate change, but my spirit is uplifted to know that my Transitions art can have an influence – in this case at the highest international level. Mountain glaciers represent a source of water which supports nearly a quarter of the world’s population and many global diversity hotspots.”
Trevor Davies commented “Gennadiy’s art continues to have a big impact. It’s the instantaneousness of the impact, which paves the way for scientific explanations. Many of his paintings of glaciers are stunning; they are informed by the latest science, and that initial impact is enhanced by explanations of how artist and scientists work together, and accessible descriptions of the science. The art very effectively communicates to a global audience the urgent need to control climate change so as to preserve the world’s remaining mountain glaciers”.
The UN has just made this declaration after the case was initially championed by Professor John Pomeroy (Director of Global Water Futures, University of Saskatchewan and former NATO Science Fellow in the School of Environmental Sciences, UEA) who supported UNESCO and the WMO in advising the Government of Tajikistan to make the case to the UN General Assembly.
Art-Science presentations by the Transitions art-science project colleagues, Norwich artist Gennadiy Ivanov and Professors Trevor Davies (UEA) and John Pomeroy, played an important role: firstly, by presenting to Tajikistan Ministers during COP26 at Glasgow during the Transitions exhibition in the Blue Zone; and then during joint presentations with Tajikistan to COP27 in Egypt and to the UN General Assembly in New York.
This is the latest example of Transitions art and science working together to influence policy. This follows its significant role in Ottawa’s 2022 decision to establish a new Canada Water Agency and, in collaboration with the Climatic Research Unit CRU (Tim Osborn and Michael Taylor), producing a climate change mural for Norwich City Council. This was installed in the City Hall Council Chamber in November, commissioned to be a constant reminder to councillors of the importance of accounting for the climate change challenge in decision-making.
“I am proud that my art, produced in collaboration with climate scientists, is able to have an influence on policy” says Gennadiy Ivanov. “I have produced many paintings of glaciers and cold regions. It makes me sad when I portray the stresses that mountain glaciers are experiencing because of climate change, but my spirit is uplifted to know that my Transitions art can have an influence – in this case at the highest international level. Mountain glaciers represent a source of water which supports nearly a quarter of the world’s population and many global diversity hotspots.”
Trevor Davies commented “Gennadiy’s art continues to have a big impact. It’s the instantaneousness of the impact, which paves the way for scientific explanations. Many of his paintings of glaciers are stunning; they are informed by the latest science, and that initial impact is enhanced by explanations of how artist and scientists work together, and accessible descriptions of the science. The art very effectively communicates to a global audience the urgent need to control climate change so as to preserve the world’s remaining mountain glaciers”.
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In 2025, countries around the world are coming together to recognize the importance and impacts of climate change on glaciers, snow, ice and their connection to downstream water resources. This is the movement to secure our water future, and we as Canadians need to step up.
Transitions: An interdisciplinary water, climate science and art collaborationGlobal Water Futures’ (GWF) Artist in Residence, Gennadiy Ivanov, has partnered with GWF Director John Pomeroy and Prof. Trevor Davies to develop an art-science project on the impacts of climate change impacts in the circumpolar north. The project aims to represent that challenge, stimulating awareness amongst new audiences, via a range of techniques, styles, performance and media.
Artwork from the Transitions project have been featured major international conferences including both COP27 and COP28. Gennadiy, in collaboration with the Climatic Research Unit CRU (Tim Osborn and Michael Taylor), was commissioned to produce a climate change mural for Norwich City Council, and his artwork has been influential in the development of the UN IYGP.
http://www.unglacieryear.ca/art
Transitions: An interdisciplinary water, climate science and art collaborationGlobal Water Futures’ (GWF) Artist in Residence, Gennadiy Ivanov, has partnered with GWF Director John Pomeroy and Prof. Trevor Davies to develop an art-science project on the impacts of climate change impacts in the circumpolar north. The project aims to represent that challenge, stimulating awareness amongst new audiences, via a range of techniques, styles, performance and media.
Artwork from the Transitions project have been featured major international conferences including both COP27 and COP28. Gennadiy, in collaboration with the Climatic Research Unit CRU (Tim Osborn and Michael Taylor), was commissioned to produce a climate change mural for Norwich City Council, and his artwork has been influential in the development of the UN IYGP.
http://www.unglacieryear.ca/art