The freezer is filled with blue-lidded tubes of cows' blood, ready to be defrosted and used to feed the colony of mosquitoes. Nombuso Princess Bhembe tends the mosquitoes at Eswatini's national insectary, part of the southern African country's push to eliminate malaria.
Bessent stated, 'Yes, the climate does change. As we all know, the natural habitat for the Earth is actually water. Ice was probably-it's a very long cycle-but ice was an unusual cycle, and we are going through cycles and, I-I believe that it is very difficult to deconstruct the reasons around why anything changes.'
Eliasson's project poses the question, 'What does extinction or a shrinking lake sound and look like?' This framing encourages viewers to reflect on their responsibility as stewards of the lake.
One of the key reasons for India's withdrawal appears to be the steadily declining relevance of COP in driving meaningful global climate action. The complete erosion of trust among countries at the Belem summit in Brazil, where several nations reneged on previously agreed commitments, seems to have contributed significantly to this decision.
