In the face of the climate crisis, is it a bad idea to have kids? This question has cropped up a great deal lately here on Quora’s Climate Crisis space.
Many of the answers have explained the hesitancy to bring a child into a world that is “on a road to climate hell” as Un Secretary General Antonio Guterres said recently. And many have pointed out the added carbon/waste footprint of a child.
An recent article on Medium by Mirei Takashima Claremont turned my head around on this topic. Among the points she makes, my favorite this is one:
“The debate around whether we should be having children or not is another example of putting the onus unfairly on individuals — a distraction that diverts our precious time, attention, and resources away from pushing for policy changes that can regulate corporate practices and meaningfully cut emissions.”
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