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Laura Spinney: Why declining birth rates are good news for life on Earth

Laura Spinney: Why declining birth rates are good news for life on Earth

In the midst of a climate crisis with 8 billion humans on the globe, it's absurd to say that what's lacking is babies.

Climate ‘apocalypse’ fears stopping people having children
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Climate ‘apocalypse’ fears stopping people having children

People worried about the climate crisis are deciding not to have children because of fears that their offspring would have to struggle through a climate apocalypse, according to the first academic study of the issue.

Les Knight: I campaign for the extinction of the human race
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Les Knight: I campaign for the extinction of the human race

With us gone, other species will have a chance to recover.

Gemma Carey: If I have no hope for the planet, why am I so determined to have this baby?
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Gemma Carey: If I have no hope for the planet, why am I so determined to have this baby?

I wonder if my child will ever have the innocence I had two months ago, of not having to think about whether the air will kill you.

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