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Headspace

Four panels. A man walks, then sticks his head in the sand. The next panel shows him an hourglass called 'Climate'.

Lucien Leon, one of the judges of the 2021 Political Cartoonist of the Year, observed that this cartoon features ‘a beautifully constructed linear-narrative sequence that delivers the most poignant and prophetic “reveal”: ignoring the urgency of climate change will not make it go away’.