Having kids increases global warming.

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But don’t blame the parents…

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/dec/13/having-kids-increases-global-warming-but-dont-blame-parents

Eva Wiseman

When world leaders get serious about reducing carbon emissions, we can raise families determined to improve the planet’s future

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Family time: ‘In a conversation like this the stakes are so high that the largest reasons for having children – love, hope – can be dismissed in an inch of ink.’Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoSun 13 Dec 2020 03.00 EST

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When I had my daughter I felt like the first person to have a baby; now I’ve had my son, I feel like I might be the last. An academic study into how young people factor climate change into their reproductive choices makes for dark reading, with 96% “very or extremely” concerned about their potential children in a climate-changed world. For some the concern is so severe they’ve decided not to have children at all. “I can’t in good conscience bring a child…

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