ALT A driver of an electric taxi service exchanges his lithium-ion battery at a swapping station in Jakarta, Indonesia. Credit: Aji Styawan/Climate Visuals

ALT People cook on open fires outside the Kwa Mai-Mai Market in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22, 2023. Credit: Gulshan Khan/Climate Visuals

ALT Istu Prayogi (58) watches skyscrapers with x-rays of his health condition in his hand. Every morning he coughs and spits out ripples of thick blood, affected by the air pollution. Jakarta, Indonesia. Credit: Aji Styawan / Climate Visuals

ALT Maria Nkosi demonstrates how she uses an inhaler a few times a week for her asthma at her home which is a street away from a mine in Clever, Witbank, Emalahleni, South Africa. Credit: Gulshan Khan / Climate Visuals

ALT Liz Godfrey walks her children to school through busy traffic, on 24th January 2024 in Didsbury, Manchester, England. Credit: Mary Turner / Climate Visuals

ALT Lifa Mnisi (29) explains his medication in his home in the Vosman area in Witbank, Emalahleni, South Africa, on November 29, 2023. Lifa was diagnosed with bronchitis and asthma in 2007 after many trips to the doctor and misdiagnoses. Credit: Gulshan Khan / Climate Visuals

ALT Photo: A diver swims in a kelp forest near Peniche, Portugal. Kelp forests are known for protecting the coast from erosion by reducing the speed and size of waves. Credit: Nuno Rodrigues / Climate Visuals

ALT On a foggy morning in San Francisco, the city turned red while numerous wildfires burn throughout California. Credit: Alexander Filardo / Climate Visuals

ALT Photo: Dusk settles on the Block Island Wind Farm on the last day of construction. Credit: Joan Sullivan / Climate Visuals

ALT Heavy traffic during a morning commuting hours in Jakarta, Credit: Aji Styawan / Climate Visuals

ALT High Tide with flood at St. Margarets, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. 5th May 2012. Credit: Maxwell Hamilton /