TORONTO -- A Canadian photographer won top prize at the UN climate conference photo competition.
Jo-Anne McArthur鈥檚 images of animals won two prizes at COP26, which officially wrapped up in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov. 12.
McArthur said on 麻豆影视 Channel that the most crucial photo she snapped was of cows in transport at the Bulgarian-Turkish border.
鈥淔or me that鈥檚 the most important image here in fact, the hidden aspect of eating animals, using animals and animals in transport,鈥� she said. 鈥淗ere in Canada we transport millions of animals every year, you know it鈥檚 one of the things we don鈥檛 think about when we鈥檙e eating animals.鈥�
McArthur, who is vegan, said that 鈥渨hen it comes to our use of animals, we often don鈥檛 think of the other ramifications 鈥� of course it鈥檚 not good for the animals, but its not good for its contributions to climate change as well.鈥�
McArthur related the science of greenhouse gas emissions , which has explored the devastation of climate-change induced extreme weather events like wildfires -- which led to an award-winning photograph of a kangaroo in the midst of the burnt remnants of a forest in Australia.
鈥淚t鈥檚 interesting how we talk about climate change, and what climate change is causing,鈥� she said. 鈥淏ecause we have to remember that we are causing climate change. I think it鈥檚 interesting to always bring it back to that language.鈥�
Discussing her work, which requires McArthur to travel extensively and sometimes in dangerous situations, she acknowledged that her travel contributes to climate change but that 鈥渋n the greater good,鈥� her work makes the plight of these animals, which are affected by human-made climate change, visible.
鈥淲e don鈥檛 see the animals that are affected by climate change, they鈥檙e in factory farms by the billions鈥o that is what I do in particular, focusing on animals and their sentience, how they鈥檙e affected by us and how us using them affects the rest of the world,鈥� she said.
