Is Climate Change ruining your relationship?
Clashes over carbon emissions are putting an increasing strain on couples and families, but there are ways to keep things civil.
How can you have a successful relationship with someone if you believe passionately in climate action, but they don鈥檛?
The fate of our planet can be a divisive, emotive, even frightening issue. It鈥檚 something that鈥檚 tearing more and more couples and families apart, experts have told us.
It鈥檚 not easy getting past those differences with the ones we love, but it is possible. We speak to a couple, as well as a mother and daughter, to find out how. And we ask whether the way we talk to our loved ones about climate change might offer important lessons on how we discuss the issue more broadly.
Presenter Graihagh Jackson is joined by:
Daze and Antonia Aghaji, from London
Caroline Hickman, researcher at the University of Bath in the UK and psychotherapist
Mohini and Sam Pollock, from Campbell, California
Thanks to Jasmine Navarro, founder of Nava, for her help with this episode, which was first broadcast in 2023.
Producer: Simon Tulett
Series Producer: Alex Lewis
Editor: China Collins
Sound engineer: Tom Brignell
Production co-ordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill
If you have a question, email us at theclimatequestion@bbc.com or leave a WhatsApp message at + 44 8000 321 721
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