Hannah Chin

Those people are part of the top 10% richest people on Earth.

Yeah, we'll link to this guide in the episode notes.

And when I was working through this guide, I was struck by how many of these actions were things that we do collectively, like encouraging your loved ones to take their money out of banks that use fossil fuels or working with your union to change industry standards.

Here's Jade again.

Elizabeth Bechard got involved back in 2018.

That was the year Hurricane Florence devastated coastal North Carolina, where she grew up.

And the IPCC came out with a report saying, we have 12 years left to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius and limit

And Emily, that's the last thing that really stuck with me, that caring for a child can also be a hopeful thing to do.

It can connect us to each other.

It can help us act because the future isn't set in stone.

And that's true whether we have kids in our lives or not.

We've linked all the resources we mentioned in our episode notes, along with books written by our guests for whatever role kids and climate might play in your life.

This episode was produced by Hannah Chin and Rachel Carlson.

It was edited by our showrunner, Rebecca Ramirez, and fact-checked by Tyler Jones.

Jimmy Keeley was the audio engineer.