Hannah Chin

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.

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.