STORY: ''In the writing of this play has allowed us to have an insight into what it must be like at 6 a.m. in the morning in a UN building in Geneva or something, trying to find agreement.''
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Two British playwrights have transformed a moment in the history of climate change politics in to a drama for the stage.
:: Kyoto, Japan
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Joe Robertson and Joe Murphy's play "Kyoto" examines the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which led to the first binding targets to curb emissions.
In a promotional video, they say the Kyoto Protocol stands out as an example of consensus in an era that appeared to have a lot of division.
Murphy compared it to the writing process:
''We've done this for many years and and loved doing it precisely because the thing changes beyond your individual imagination. And and that's that's the joy of any form of agreement that that it creates some sort of fusion with with another person or set of people.''
:: Calais, France
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The pair are known as "the two Joes."
They've earned acclaim for shows like "The Jungle," which drew upon their experience of running a theatre in a French refugee camp in Calais...
And "The Walk", which involved a puppet representing a Syrian refugee traveling thousands of miles.
"Kyoto" is the first installment in a series of plays that the Joes have called "Carbon Cycle."
:: Copenhagen, Denmark
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And they say they're already researching the sequel.
It will be based on the 2009 U.N. talks in Copenhagen, which were notorious for their failure to reach a binding deal.
"Kyoto" runs at the Royal Shakespeare Company until July 13.
