The Burning Question

The Burning Question is a compendium of thoughts and stories on climate activism. Combining interviews, archive and dramatised excerpts, The Burning Question looks for hope in a time of frightening harm to the planet, in the eloquence of activists, court challenges, new thinking, and immersive recordings of the natural world.

Writer & Narrator: Louise Williams

Cast: Imogen Allen, Hannah Brady, Percy Chamburuka

Special thanks to Cláudia, Catarina, Mariana, Martim, Sofia and André of Youth4ClimateJustice.

Contributors

Lauren McDonald, Lead Campaigner, Stop Rosebank.

Philippe Sands, Barrister, Author, University Professor.

Chris Watson, Wildlife Recordist, Sound Artist.

Gerry Liston, Senior Lawyer, Global Legal Action Network

Gearóid Ó'Cuinn, Director, Global Legal Action Network

Sinéad Mercier, Writer & UCD Lecturer in Planning, Environmental Law and Policy,

Síofra O’Leary, Former President of the European Court of Human Rights,

Additional reporting by Gloria Dickie of Reuters.

The programme includes Reuters recordings of Greta Thunberg and other commentators.

Production Credits

Wildlife Recordings: Chris Watson

Sound Design: Chris Watson & Ruth Kennington

Sound Supervision: Ruth Kennington & Tom Norton

Musical Score by Daragh Dukes.

Production Support: Gorretti Slavin

Producer: Kevin Brew

Series Producer, Drama On One: Kevin Reynolds.

Webcasts of hearings at the European Court of Human Rights are funded by the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and available on the ECHR website.

Special thanks to International Literature Festival Dublin, in facilitating our interview with Philippe Sands.

Special thanks also to Professor Kevin Whelan and the University of Notre Dame, Dublin, for the use of rooms in O’Connell House for the interview with Philippe.

Thanks also to Dr Ciara Brennan, Director of the Environmental Justice Network Ireland.

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

Photo courtesy of Global Legal Action Network and the Youth4ClimateJustice team

First TX 15th December 2024

Duration 47 mins