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Planet or profit?
GORDON PARSONS applauds a compelling dramatisation of the tortured process by which the 1997 conference failed to address global warming

Kyoto
The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
ALTHOUGH they say they want the audience to feel hope, Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s docudrama revealing the machinations involved in the finally successful 1997 UN Cop3 (Conference of the Parties), a gathering of 192 countries struggling to agree on necessary actions to combat the menace of global warming, is both a celebration and a lamentation.
Cop29, due to take place in November, will have to face the fact that since that event, marking a rare moment of international accord, global emissions have soared. The major players, however, have apparently decided they can’t afford to do much about the potential Armageddon.
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