Fredrik Lerneryd

Fredrik Lerneryd is Swedish freelance photographer who lives in Nairobi. His work focuses on the climate crisis and other environmental issues, along with human rights. Fredrik’s photography has appeared in National Geographic, The Guardian, New York Times, BBC, Al Jazeera, and other outlets.

His photography of Tajikistan was featured by the Pulitzer Center.

Landlocked

The world is addicted to soy — in Paraguay, these farmers pay the ultimate price

“I wanted to scream.”

By Klas Lundstrom and Fredrik Lerneryd
Landlocked

In Paraguay, cows offer a way out of poverty — and perhaps a greater peril

“Against nature, there’s nothing you can do.”

By Klas Lundstrom and Fredrik Lerneryd
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Why yerba mate may be one of Paraguay’s greatest gifts — or its curse

“The soil is ready to let go.”

By Klas Lundstrom and Fredrik Lerneryd

“We’re waiting for another way of life.”

At the “Roof of the World,” solar power is a necessary evil.

By Klas Lundstrom and Fredrik Lerneryd

Living through Tajikistan’s climate apocalypse

By Klas Lundstrom and Fredrik Lerneryd

In Tajikistan, a deadly new type of climate crisis has already arrived

Part one in a three-part series: The climate crisis at the Roof of the World.

By Klas Lundstrom and Fredrik Lerneryd