Tignous and Cabu drew cartoons about climate, and worked with WWF and Greenpeace
Cabu (left) and Tignous (right) both contributed to a Greenpeace climate publication
By Sophie Yeo
Some of the journalists killed in Wednesday’s attack on Charlie Hebdo were environmentalists, whose drawings addressed the issue of climate change.
Cabu and Tignous contributed to a 2005 book by Greenpeace – Dessins Pour Le Climat (Cartoons for the Climate).
Some of the cartoonists stood with the organisation 30 years ago when their ship, the Rainbow Warrior, was sunk by the French Secret Service, killing a photographer, the organisation said.
Pic: Dessins Pour Le Climate (2005)/Greenpeace
Tignous had also worked with WWF on a comic called Pandas Dans La Brume (Pandas in the Mist), which satirized humanity’s disregard for the planet.
Pic: Pandas Dans La Brume/Tignous, WWF
The green groups sent their condolences to the families of the cartoonists, who were among the twelve people shot during the attack in Paris.
“Few people living outside France may be aware that many of the cartoonists were also long-standing advocates for the environment,” wrote Jean-François Julliard, executive director of Greenpeace France.