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Smog from traffic pollution hangs heavily over Mexico City. Situated in a valley this area suffers from severe air pollution.

Smog from traffic pollution hangs heavily over Mexico City. Situated in a valley this area suffers from severe air pollution. raditional

Smog from traffic pollution, Mexico City 2000

Children playing on the banks of the Narmada River at Jalsindhi tribal village, Madhya Pradesh, India. August 1999.

Anti-dam activists and tribal women prepare to drown themselves as the monsoon waters rise rapidly, flooding land and homes in Domkhedi village, on the bank of the Narmada river, Maharashtra, India, August 1999.

People who live in this area have no contact with the modern world, Domkhedi village, Maharashtra, India. August 1999.

Villagers returning from the fields during the monsoon in the Narmada valley, India. August 1999.

Women collect wood from the banks of the Narmada River, Chotta Barda village, Madhya Pradesh, India. August 1999.

Villagers from the Narmada valley living in a resettlement site in Kevadia Colony in Baroda district, Gujarat,India. August 1999.

Men widening roads, Narmada Valley, Madhya Pradesh, India. August 1999.

A villager tends to her crops at Kakrana tribal village on the edge of the Narmada river. August 1999.

Women from Pathrad village attend a rally opposing the building of dams along the Narmada River. Pathrad, India. August 1999.

Waiting to cross the Narmada river from Jalsindhi village to Domkhedi village, India. August 1999.

Collecting firewood from the banks of the Narmada River, Chotta Barda village, Madyha Pradesh, India. August 1999.

1.0614/792 Rubbish dumped near landfill site including a used hypodermic syringe with needle, 1993.

1.0605/195 River Schelde, Antwerp, Belgium, 1989.

1.0614/526 Pharmaceutical waste being unloaded for incineration at the Rechem incinerator, Fawley, Southampton.

Rubbish, waste & grease from the Amylum factory in Aalst town centre, Belgium.

Algae and flotsam on the River Lea, east London.

1.06/609 Rubbish, waste & grease adorn the new housing lining the waterways of London's Docklands.

1.06/612 Mobile air testing apparatus at major traffic intersection, Victoria, London.

Seaton Carew, Durham.A sewage outfall dumps a mixture of shit, tampons, used condoms & nappies.

Seaton Carew, Durham. A sewage outfall dumps a mixture of shit, tampons, used condoms & nappies.

1.0602-9 Uncontrolled dumping by local industry on the north bank of Thames at Rainham Marshes, Essex.

1.0602-2 Uncontrolled dumping by local industry on the north bank of Thames at Rainham Marshes, Essex.

1.062/1513 The MV Rainbow Warrior, flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, passes the Millennium Dome.

1.062/1512 The MV Rainbow Warrior, flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, passes the Millennium Dome.

YZ81/17a Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior docked opposite Canary Wharf, Docklands, London.

YZ83/10 Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior docked opposite Canary Wharf, Docklands, London.

YZ83/13 Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior docked opposite Canary Wharf, Docklands, London.

YZ83/17 Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior docked opposite Canary Wharf, Docklands, London.

1.0614/547 Rechem incinerator for pharmaceutical, scientific, industrial & other toxic waste.

Red Herring Climate Camp protest Activists from the Camp for Climate Action protest outside the HQ of Climate Care in Oxford, the company that does the offsetting for BA.