The Burning Question - with Amitav Ghosh

The Burning Question by Kevin Brew - with Amitav Ghosh

The second episode in Drama On One's strand offering a compendium of thoughts and stories on climate activism and the living planet.

Presented by Louise Williams, Episode 2 features the words of scholar Amitav Ghosh, author of The Nutmeg’s Curse. The programme features a recording of Amitav Ghosh's lecture 'How Should We Think About Climate Change?', given at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in 2024 and hosted by Field Day and University of Notre Dame Dublin. On the root cause of climate change, Ghosh is clear - ‘Climate change is not a policy matter. It’s a war. It’s a war of the global rich against the global poor.’

The lecture is introduced by Stephen Rea.

The lecture was given at the Royal Irish Academy of Music on 1st December 2024.

Featuring the lecture 'How Should We Think About Climate Change?', Copyright © Amitav Ghosh, 2024, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited and Hachette UK.

Special thanks to Eimear Clowry Delaney, Professor Kevin Whelan, Maggie Arriola, the University of Notre Dame Dublin and The Royal Irish Academy of Music for permission to record the lecture.

Presented by Louise Williams

Musical Score by Daragh Dukes.

Wildlife recordings by Chris Watson

Sound supervision and Sound Design by Ruth Kennington.

Producer: Kevin Brew

Amitav's new novel Ghost Eye is available now.

The programme is funded by Coimisiún na Meán with the television licence fee.

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