Environmental photographer of the year 2019 chronicles damage of rising sea levels

Environmental photographer of the year 2019 chronicles damage of rising sea levels: India’s SL Shanth Kumar was announced as the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management’s (CIWEM) environmental photographer of the year 2019, at this week’s UN climate summit in New York. Kumar’s prize winning photograph, High Tide Enters Home, shows houses being battered by floods in Mumbai. Like Alexandria, and an increasing number of cities around the world, Mumbai is threatened by rising sea levels and coastal flooding as a result of climate change. CIWEM is a charity that seeks to build a global community of water and environmental professionals working for the public good. You can view a selection of the winning photographs here.