How can arts (broadly defined) help us think about the state of the planet and walk the talk when it comes to addressing climate change — including climate finance where those who contributed more to the problem assume greater responsibilities for solving it — and energy transition?
As a theatre scholar and practitioner attending the COP28 climate summit, I was invited to experience a performance of the play Bright Light Burning. Playwright Steven Gaultney authored this play, and it was produced by the Cairo-based, internationally recognized The Theatre of Others. Adam Marple, co-artistic director of this theatre, invited me to the performance.
Marple is also project lead of the Sustainable Theatre Network and a guest on one of my climate change research projects, People, Place and Performance.
