Hannah Chin

And this kicked up a lot of debate because people already have very strong feelings about children and reproductive choice.

Right.

What is driving global climate change is fossil fuel use.

Human development overall is definitely part of that, but it has more to do with energy companies and governments and how we set up our infrastructure.

Yeah.

As someone who does want to co-parent a kid someday, that's the journey I'm interested in.

Like, I think reproductive autonomy is really important.

And I'm still worried about the climate impacts of my individual actions, including things like flying and driving and maybe having a kid.

I think it helps to hear that because I don't even know what my future is going to look like.

Right.

So how could I bring another new human being into that?

Absolutely.

are down, but it kind of seems like that's due to a variety of factors, right?

The cost of living crisis, job and housing insecurity, a lack of social safety nets, etc., etc., etc.

So we can't attribute it solely to climate change.

Maybe we'll know in 10 years once more Gen Z and young millennials have kids.

Or don't have kids.

In fact, Kimberly says the people best positioned to do those high-impact climate actions aren't just politicians and energy CEOs.

They're also anyone who makes a little over 42,000 U.S.

dollars a year.