(QESP Editor’s Note: The following blog is from a May 27, 2019 post in The Conversation on which “a social psychologist, two ecologists and a cartoonist explain the toolbox of communication we need to resolve difficult issues.” the original can be found here)

From climate change to armed conflict, our world is struggling with urgent global issues. But disagreements about how to solve them can spiral out of control.

The only way to resolve intractable conflicts is to overcome desire to talk to allies more often than opponents. Here, a social psychologist, two ecologists and a cartoonist explain the toolbox of communication we need to resolve difficult issues.

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