CNN and Rolex: Tackling Environmental Challenges Through Partnership and Photography

CNN’s Call to Earth series is committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet and highlighting solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative has partnered with CNN to raise awareness and educate people about key sustainability issues in order to inspire positive action.

Meanwhile, the World Nature Photography Awards have announced the winners of their 2024 competition. The photograph of two gannets engaged in a battle for a fish near Scotland’s Shetland Islands has won the top prize. Tracey Lund from the United Kingdom captured this incredible image from a boat during her holiday, using a DSLR camera in waterproof housing.

Lund was one of many photographers who submitted images for this year’s awards, which featured categories such as animal portraits, plants and fungi, and different types of animal behaviors. Ivan Pedretti from Italy won in the Planet Earth’s landscapes and environments category with his enchanting photo of winter in Stokksnes, Iceland. Pedretti highlighted the color contrast of the white mountains with the black dunes and yellow grass in his image.

The World Nature Photography Awards were established in 2020 with the goal of promoting photography while also supporting the planet by planting a tree for each entry into the competition. The organization believes that photography can influence people to see the world differently and change their habits for the betterment of the planet. Adrian Dinsdale, co-founder of WNPAs, expressed admiration for the stunning images submitted for