Chinta and Samundri Davi, Salempur village near Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India, 2007

This photograph, taken in India, is representative of the effects of global warming on countries in the Global South. Despite emitting less than the North, they are often more vulnerable to extreme weather events. However, India is a significant contributor to climate change due to the burning of fossil fuels, speaking to the interconnectedness of and shared responsibility for the environmental crises globally. Here, in a remote village, the Davis’ were walking through deep water during the Bihar flood of August 2007 that killed more than a thousand people, destroying many thousands of homes and displacing millions of people. They were heading to a raised food stall, photographed from a boat.