Ashley Cooper / Coastal flood defences in the Sunderbans, a low lying area of the Ganges Delta in Eastern India, that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. The building behind the embankment is lower than the high ti...

Ashley Cooper / Coastal flood defences in the Sunderbans, a low lying area of the Ganges Delta in Eastern India, that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. The houses behind the embankment are lower than the high tid...

Ashley Cooper / Wildlife sign for tiger mangrove reserve in the Sundarbans, Ganges, Delta, India. This area is very low lying and vulnerable to sea level rise. December 2013

Loic Poidevin / View down a canal in Burano, one of the islands in the lagoon, Venice, Italy 2016

Loic Poidevin / View of boat on canal and buildings on Burano, one of the islands on the lagoon, Venice, Italy

Loic Poidevin / View along canal and buildings of Burano, one of the islands on the lagoon, Venice, Italy

Loic Poidevin / View along the Grand Canal with gondolas and St Marks Basilica in the background, Venice, Italy

Loic Poidevin / Looking over Grand Canal to Piazza San Marco with St Marks Basilica and Doges Palace, Venice, Italy

Pete Oxford / Fishing boats in the Hope canal, an irrigation canal in East Demerara Water Conservancy, coastal Guyana, South America

Pete Oxford / Hope canal, an irrigation canal in East Demerara Water Conservancy (for sugar cane and rice production) coastal area of Guyana, South America

Pete Oxford / Aerial view of mixed agriculture fields of East Demerara Conservancy, east of Georgetown, Guyana, South America

Gary K. Smith / Deliveries by canal barge Venice, Italy, April.