A climate exhibition is set to open in Exmouth this November.
The pop-up exhibition, called Letters from the Global South, will highlight the climate change impact on communities worldwide.
The exhibition, created by Zero Hour and Muslims Declare, aims to raise awareness of the cross-party Climate and Nature Bill set to return to Parliament in January 2025.
The CAN Bill aims to ensure the UK keeps to the 1.5C climate target set in Paris in 2015 and aims to halt and reverse UK nature loss by 2030.
It is supported by 184 MPs from all main parties and over 365 authorities across the UK, including Devon County Council, East Devon, North Devon, Mid Devon Councils, and Exmouth Town Council.
Over 1,240 leading UK scientists, national organisations such as The Women’s Institute and the National Trust, and celebrities including wildlife expert Chris Packham, chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and businesswoman Deborah Meaden from TV’s Dragon’s Den, also back the bill.
The exhibition is made up of letters and pictures from school children in countries including Nigeria, Pakistan, and South Africa, who talk about how the climate crisis is impacting their lives.
The exhibition has travelled around the UK, visiting London, Leicester, Birmingham, Shropshire, Canterbury and North Devon.
Dr Alessandra Palange, the exhibition’s curator, said: "We asked children around the world to tell us how the climate and nature crisis is affecting their everyday lives.
"Within a few months, we received hundreds of handwritten letters, emails, photos and drawings from communities already experiencing the very real impacts of climate change and environmental destruction.
"The power of the exhibition comes from letting us hear the voices of people who we would otherwise never know existed.
"These are ordinary people, just like us, who live in communities that are on the frontlines of climate breakdown."
The exhibition is hosted by Exmouth Quakers, Transition Town Exmouth, and Sideshore Community.
People can view the exhibition for free at the Sideshore Community Hub, Queen’s Drive, Exmouth on November 15, 16 and 17 between 10am and 4pm.
It will then be at Exmouth Library, Exeter Road, on November 18, 19, and 22 between 10am and 4pm.
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