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  1. An image of Mervyn Gordon. He is a middle-aged man with greying hair. He is standing in front of a herd of cows but the background is blurred. He is wearing a navy raincoat and is looking at the camera with a neutral expression on his face.

  2. The River Itchen with a reflective shine on a sunny day. The trees flanking the river are brown with green leaves and some green moss can be seen in the foreground of the image.

  3. A Red Squirrel, clinging to the side of a tree on the edge of the Presaddfed Estate, near Bodedern, Anglesey.

  4. Two adult Emperor penguins and four chicks with fluffy grey coats on ice with a bright blue sky behind them

  5. An engineer in a checked shirt and yellow safety helmet examines a heat pump on the side of a house.

  6. People sitting in deck chairs in a park enjoying some spring sunshine.

  7. David Attenborough, wearing a bright blue coat, standing in front of cliffs that plunge steeply into a blue ocean on a sunny, cloudy day.

  8. Students stood outside the University of Southampton holding a yellow green and black banner which reads: "Plant-Based University End the Climate Crisis".

  9. A lifeless, dead puffin is seen on a sandy beach from above. Its feathers are ruffled so both white feathers underneath the black top coat are seen.

  10. Daffodils

  11. A generic picture of an umbrella, with heavy rain falling off it.

  12. A blue machine on a quayside has a hydraulic arm with electricity cables dangling from the end.

  13. A view of wind turbines against a clear blue sky. The blades of the turbine are white.

  14. An aerial shot of a horse shoe bend of the Colorado River - the water is dark blue and the rock rusty brown.

  15. Traffic backs up on Interstate 405 during the morning commute at sunrise on January 15, 2026 in Los Angeles, California

  16. A green packet of wet wipes with one wipe coming out.

  17. Wind is blowing clouds of pollution from the large smoke stacks of coal burning power plant. It is daytime and the sky is otherwise clear and bright blue.

  18. A view down an underground tunnel that is lit with bright white artificial light. There is a ladder track on the floor and various pipes and wires along the concrete walls.

  19. US President Donald Trump arrives to make an announcement at the White House

  20. Ed Miliband at Lancaster House, London, speaking to open the International Summit on the Future of Energy Security hosted by the Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary and IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol.

  21. The Marischal Square development in Aberdeen, a large glass building, with small fountains in the foreground.

  22. A woman with blonde hair in a dark jacket gestures in the forest

  23. Professor Rowan Sutton looking at the camera is wearing a white shirt, navy v-neck sweater and a blue suit jacket. He has grey hair and blue eyes.

  24. An aerial photo showing a sea of flooded fields in Somerset and in the foreground is a hill with a church on the top