Hannah Chin

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And today we're going to talk about what some people consider the third rail of climate change, the kids question.

And to be clear, this decision is not just limited to parents.

True.

It can include aunties and uncles and grandparents and other caregivers.

So if you're thinking about making a kid a part of your community, this is for you.

It's something that a lot of folks, but especially younger folks, are thinking about.

Right, Hannah?

Yeah.

I mean, the majority of Gen Zers report that they're worried or anxious about climate change, period.

And more broadly, a Pew Research survey last year found that of folks under 50 who don't plan to have kids, more than a quarter of them say concerns about the environment and climate change are a major factor in that.

And I really wanted to figure out where is this concern coming from?

Like, who or what told us that having kids was a major contributor to climate change?

So I started reporting on this back when I was working on the Gimlet podcast, How to Save a Planet.

And I found a bunch of recent articles, like in the past five or so years, that all cited the exact same paper.

It was published in 2017 in the academic journal Environmental Research Letters.