STOP TALKING START ACTING

The present cartoon published on June 28th, 2012 by David Horsey refers to the global climate change and criticizes the way politicians deal with it.

The cartoon shows a ship that moves towards a huge iceberg. The ship is black with four smoking funnels and it says: “WORLD LEADERS”. The iceberg is very high and it is written on it: “CLIMATE CHANGE”.

Above the ship is a speech bubble which says: “IT’S SETTLED… WE AGREE TO SIGN A PLEDGE TO HOLD ANOTHER MEETING TO CONSIDER CHANGING THE COURSE AT A DATE YET TO BE DETERMINED.”.

Here, David Horsey offers criticism at important politicians. The ship reminds of the Titanic and needs to change course as soon as possible instead of changing it eventually another time. If the ship does not turn around, it will crash into the iceberg just as Titanic did and it will be too late to change something. Now it is not to late, which is why some action needs to be taken in order to slow down the process of the changing climate.

I think, the cartoon is drawn well. It is easy to understand and expresses the drawer’s opinion clearly.