Switzerland has historically been at the forefront of environmental thinking. Founded in 1977, the Öko Forum was a Swiss research institute for issues in the fields of environmental protection, nature conservation, and ecology. It drew attention to data and provided practical mechanisms to governments that would enable them to mitigate environmental degradation. Today, the forum, along with similar organizations, has been superseded by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the think tank within the United Nations that helped set the 1.5 degree Celsius global-warming target. Celestino Piatti was a superstar in the Swiss poster world, designing more than five hundred posters, 30 of which won the Swiss Poster Award. He often donated his design skills to causes he believed in. Since this poster was printed, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have risen to a point not seen since the mid-Pliocene epoch (approximately 3.6–2.2 million years ago) when global temperatures were up to 4 degrees Celsius higher than they are today. What may sound like an insignificant increase ultimately caused sea levels to rise between 15 and 75 feet. For New York City, a 15-foot rise would put the Rockaways, East New York, Flushing, and JFK Airport under water.