An archive of 8,500+ royalty free climate change stock footage shots for sale

   • VIDEO: Broadcast quality shots in LOG format (for true HDR / HLG) supplied as 4K video clip media. 
   • STILLS: Professional RAW photography and thermographic imagery

...visualising the energy transition, global warming, environmental issues and more...

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   • Newer photos and videos are on the Stocksy cooperative: Stills photography / Moving image 
      (use code A_OF_AU20 for discount of 20% on your first purchase)
   • Most older videos are on Pond5
   • Greenland Arctic winter videos from 2024 are for sale on SciencePhotoLibrary (UK)

Better still… buy them direct from the creator!  Find as above then e-mail Adam with licensing enquiries for bulk, ungraded, or longer-duration LOG videos for HDR / 10-bit / HLG (Rec.2020, Rec.2100 etc.) – in 24fps / 25fps / 30fps, with audio (stereo sound); or for un-graded camera RAW photos.

Discounted rates are offered if you enquire from an educational, environmental or NGO emails.

Below: example of an HDR photo (high dynamic range AVIF (0.3MB) with gain-map fallback for SDR) of Greenland’s Inuit hunters facing Arctic sea ice too thin for their dogsledges and too thick for their boats. For the video from this shoot see here.

Video samples below are optimised for widescreen (PC/Mac) viewing only and load when clicked:

Sea level rise

Pacific Islands climate crisis: sea level rise of 7-10mm/yr threatens low-lying atoll islands. Loss & damage; climate adaptation & resilience. VIDEO / PHOTOS

Glacier wrapping

Wrapping melting glaciers in Switzerland with thermal blanket insulation - solastalgia; also albedo enhancement as a geoengineering. VIDEO / PHOTOS

Seaweed carbon sink

Sustainable farming, seaweed aquaculture — planting CO2 negative carbon sink crops in the Solomon Islands. VIDEO / PHOTOS

Thermography

Scientific evidence and visualisation tools including thermographic infra-red (using a thermal imaging camera) and time-lapse shots. VIDEO / PHOTOS

Carbon dioxide removal technology — CO2 Capture, Storage and Utilisation — stock video footage reel

CO₂ Carbon capture

CO₂ sequestration (carbon capture and storage - CCS) negative emissions technology including ClimeWorks, CarbFix, and ORCA, Iceland. (Video is a 10min demo-reel.) VIDEO / PHOTOS

Carbon economy

Anthropogenic causes of global warming worldwide: dirty energy sources burning fossil-fuels in the carbon economy (thermal coal mining, coal power, smokestacks, etc.) VIDEO / PHOTOS

Battery energy storage

Battery storage for renewable energy, aerial shots of lithium batteries for power grid stability in Australia. 
VIDEO / PHOTOS

Solar power

Solar power : thermosolar and photovoltaic PV cell energy. Aesthetic shots of this landscape transforming renewable energy transition technology.VIDEO / PHOTOS

Renewable wind energy

Wind energy renewables : visualising this invisible source of power. VIDEO / PHOTOS

Changing landscapes

Changing landscapes filmed in the European Arctic, Australia, Greenland, Iceland, Maldives, Solomons, Netherlands, Norway, Paris, Svalbard and Venice.  
(also PHOTOS)

Climate activism

Climate emergency activism, climate strikes, extinction rebellion (XR), Greta Thunberg at the school strike for climate in New York, Fridays for Future, global public demonstrations and social protest movements

Sustainability

Sustainability and nature-based solutions, green architecture and design incl. vertical gardens; recycling / waste disposal, and eco-friendly alternative living transformations. 
(also PHOTOS)

Sea level rise

Sea level rise, disappearance of landscapes and low-lying islands, environmental damage, displacement of cities; underwater shots.
VIDEO / PHOTOS

Greenhouse gas emissions

CO₂ (carbon dioxide), methane and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as causes of atmospheric pollution & global heating; carbon emissions of planes, ships, transport & travel.
(also PHOTOS)

COP climate summits

United Nations (UN) COP climate summits, agreements and IPCC conferences, including COP21 in Paris (precursor to COP26 Glasgow)

Sea level rise

Climate change adaptation for coastal cities eg. sea walls & barriers in Venice (MOSE) & London; albedo enhancement (white roofs) in Greece...
VIDEO / PHOTOS

CO₂ (carbon dioxide)

Abstract & aerial shots — long duration shots of fragile and vulnerable landscapes.
(also PHOTOS)

COP climate summits

Agriculture and farming practises relating to land clearing, soil erosion, the carbon cycle etc.
(also PHOTOS)

Plastics & waste

Other environmental issues such as plastics, waste disposal and recycling (also PHOTOS)

Cause and effect

Connecting cause and effect, visualising sources of the problem.

Geoengineering

Man-made intervention in planetary climate systems via geoengineering or climate engineering projects VIDEO / PHOTOS

Greenland polar night

Life in northwest Greenland for animals and humans during the polar night and then spring sea-ice thaw and breakup. (also PHOTOS)

Climate art interventions

Artistic interventions such as urban ice installations or material from my own art & museum projects on the climate crisis and climate breakdown, including material in vertical video stock footage (9:16 portrait) format

Potential solutions

Potential solutions: clean green energy sources, solar and wind renewables. (also PHOTOS)

Arctic methane

Methane bubbles in frozen Arctic permafrost, part of the carbon cycle. (+ PHOTOS)

Drought & desertification

Drought, arid landscapes and desertification from Australia to the Middle East. (+ PHOTOS)

Indigenous knowledge

Indigenous peoples’ environmental & cultural knowledge as they face the climate crisis, living low-carbon lifestyles. (+ PHOTOS)

Climate mitigation: forests

Climate mitigation strategies including nature-based solutions, Australian forestry, tree planting / reforestation, but also logging and land-clearing. (+ PHOTOS)

Svalbard avalanches & permafrost

Avalanches, permafrost landslides and other global heating phenomena from Svalbard (Spitsbergen) and the abandoned coal mining city of Pyramiden, 1200km from the North Pole. (+ PHOTOS)

Geothermal energy

Hellisheidi & Svartsengi power stations — dramatic drone aerial shots of a geothermal energy power plant. VIDEOS / PHOTOS

Climate science

Climate scientists, climate science, scientific research and measurement in environmental hotspots.

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Svalbard Global Seed Vault as an example of ‘cathedral thinking’; timelapse suggesting multi-generational timescales. (+ PHOTOS)

Monocultures & biodiversity

Plant monocultures, biodiversity and ecocide in the Anthropocene epoch. VIDEOS / PHOTOS

Anthropocene icons

Iconic scenes of the Anthropocene epoch and tiny planet panoramas. (+ PHOTOS)

Ice caves

Ice caves and ice formations deep inside retreating Arctic glaciers. VIDEOS / PHOTOS

Alternative transport

Alternative public transport, green powered rail (TGV very fast train), cycling, etc. VIDEOS / PHOTOS

Clip: Dubai metro in the desert heat

Dubai metro in the desert heat. VIDEO

Clip: Venice flood, underwater

2019 Venice flood disaster — underwater. Acqua alta (high tide flooding effects of rising sea levels) in Venice, 12 November 2019 as it was hit by its worst flood disaster in 60 years.

Clip: Man on iceberg, Greenland

Man on Iceberg, Greenland.

Consequences: flooding & melting

Consequences such as flooding in Venice (flood disaster of 2019, extreme weather in Sydney, permafrost melt in Svalbard). Example film 1.

Consequences: flooding & melting

Example film 2: consequences of the climate crisis.

Melting ice & icebergs

Melting ice, retreating glaciers, Arctic landscapes, majestic icebergs and changing ecosystems, many filmed as drone aerial shots.

Example film

Example film featuring shots for sale.

Example film

Example film featuring shots for sale.

Example film

Example film featuring shots for sale.

Stock library sample

Sample film featuring shots from the stock archive.

...and many, many more stills and videos for sale...

Case study: Venice flood disaster

The Venice flood disaster — a UNESCO world heritage city underwater. Watermarked demonstration reel (right) shows 
Acqua alta (high tide flooding effects of rising sea levels) in Venice, 12 November 2019 as it was hit by its worst flood disaster in 60 years.

Shoot Date: November 2019
Available formats: 4K ProRes LOG video / RAW stills

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You can search my stock video library by clicking here and optionally contact me directly for enquiries. 


Stocksy - Sustainable Stock Footage
All stills & some videos are sold through Stocksy. Use discount code A_OF_AU20 for 20% off or contact me directly for series/RAW. Below is a small sample of my archive of still images. Alternatively, you can explore my climate change art works, exhibited in galleries & museums worldwide, here.

Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Roads to Nowhere — Dubai and the global financial crisis (GFC). Photo art by Adam Sébire.
DCIM\104GOPRO
Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Roads to Nowhere — Dubai and the global financial crisis (GFC). Photo art by Adam Sébire.
Photographic series by Adam Sébire
Adam Sebire
Photographic series by Adam Sébire
Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Australian artist Adam Sébire uses an infrared thermographic imager loaned from climate scientists. Whilst they use it to measure heat, Adam's PhD research explores visual representation of climate change and the Anthropocene.
Photographic series by Adam Sébire
Adam Sebire
Hellisheiði
Australian artist Adam Sébire uses an infrared thermographic imager loaned from climate scientists. Whilst they use it to measure heat, Adam's PhD research explores visual representation of climate change and the Anthropocene.
Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Thermographic (thermal image) artworks exploring climate change and the Anthropocene.
Drone aerial panorama of Markermeer dyke (dike) terraforming Uitdam, Holland, Netherlands, protecting low-lying polder farmland and villages. (Drone aerial panorama of Markermeer dyke (dike) terraforming Uitdam, Holland, Netherlands, protecting low-ly
Frozen lake with methane bubbles
Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Adam Sebire
Australian artist Adam Sébire uses an infrared thermographic imager loaned from climate scientists. Whilst they use it to measure heat, Adam's PhD research explores visual representation of climate change and the Anthropocene.
Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Art, Climate Change, Data Visualisation, Global Warming, Heat, Hyperobject, Image, Imaging, Infrared, Sensing, Thermal, Thermographic, Thermography
Girl touches melting ice from Arctic glacier at COP21 Paris
Adam Sebire
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Aerial shot of Pyramiden's coal-fired power station with the surging Nordenskiöldbreen glacier in the distance.  Svalbard, Arctic Norway.
The village children take a break from home schooling to hold hands and form an
Adam Sébire

Adam Sébire

Based in the Norwegian Arctic; filmmaking anywhere...

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  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Roads to Nowhere — Dubai and the global financial crisis (GFC). Photo art by Adam Sébire.
  • DCIM\104GOPRO
  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Roads to Nowhere — Dubai and the global financial crisis (GFC). Photo art by Adam Sébire.
  • Photographic series by Adam Sébire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Photographic series by Adam Sébire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Australian artist Adam Sébire uses an infrared thermographic imager loaned from climate scientists. Whilst they use it to measure heat, Adam's PhD research explores visual representation of climate change and the Anthropocene.
  • Photographic series by Adam Sébire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Hellisheiði
  • Australian artist Adam Sébire uses an infrared thermographic imager loaned from climate scientists. Whilst they use it to measure heat, Adam's PhD research explores visual representation of climate change and the Anthropocene.
  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Thermographic (thermal image) artworks exploring climate change and the Anthropocene.
  • Drone aerial panorama of Markermeer dyke (dike) terraforming Uitdam, Holland, Netherlands, protecting low-lying polder farmland and villages. (Drone aerial panorama of Markermeer dyke (dike) terraforming Uitdam, Holland, Netherlands, protecting low-ly
  • Frozen lake with methane bubbles
  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Adam Sebire
  • Australian artist Adam Sébire uses an infrared thermographic imager loaned from climate scientists. Whilst they use it to measure heat, Adam's PhD research explores visual representation of climate change and the Anthropocene.
  • Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Art, Climate Change, Data Visualisation, Global Warming, Heat, Hyperobject, Image, Imaging, Infrared, Sensing, Thermal, Thermographic, Thermography
  • Girl touches melting ice from Arctic glacier at COP21 Paris
  • Adam Sebire
  • 78.656826ºN, 16.390980ºE
Aerial shot of Pyramiden's coal-fired power station with the surging Nordenskiöldbreen glacier in the distance.  Svalbard, Arctic Norway.
  • The village children take a break from home schooling to hold hands and form an
  • Adam Sébire