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Tom Service asks what climate change means for classical music, and explores how cultural organisations, practitioners and institutions can respond to looming environmental challenges. We speak with the American composer, John Luther Adams, as he looks out over a freak wintry landscape of cactuses covered by snow in the Chihuahaun desert. He shares his thoughts about humanity\\u2019s relationship with the planet, his faith in future generations, and a lifetime\\u2019s work in the service of music. George Kamiya, Energy Analyst at the International Energy Agency, and the researcher and musicologist Kyle Devine, join Tom to discuss the environmental costs to how we consume music digitally. We hear, too, from the CEO and founder of Julie\\u2019s Bicycle, a charity which advises the creative industry about how to reduce its carbon footprint, and the leader of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Margaret Faultless, as they consider the environmental consequences of the classical music industry\\u2019s activity and what they\\u2019ve learned from different ways of working. And, the director Stephen Langridge shares how he\\u2019s put sustainability at the heart of the production effort behind Gothenburg Opera\\u2019s Ring cycle. Plus there\\u2019s another instalment of our \\u2018Musicians in our Time\\u2019 series with the members of the Castalian Quartet.