The world you’ll inherit

Dear Daughter by BBC

May 22, 202619:51Society & Culture

From Jakarta, Indonesia, Yasmina writes a ‘Dear Son’ letter to her teenage son about growing up in a changing world. Yasmina set up a grassroots climate project for families after becoming increasingly worried about the...

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