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The Climate Baby Dilemma

Summary

Deciding whether to have a child is a deeply personal process. Deciding amid increasingly dire warnings for the planet makes it even more overwhelming. THE CLIMATE BABY DILEMMA explores how the long-held goals of entire generations are being thrown into flux by a warming planet, as a rising number of young people express discomfort with having children due to the existential threat of climate change.With the future promising to bring increasing instability, deep anxieties around parenting are entering climate conversations. The concerns are two-fold: What impacts does a new human have on an already overburdened planet, and how can one protect a child from the effects of climate change as reports tell us catastrophic changes could be just a decade away?