Wesley Stephens
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29 appearances
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first heard Jul 2018
last heard Jul 2018
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Hello and welcome to More or Less on the BBC World Service with me, Wesley Stephens.
Now this week, we're looking at a controversial topic, so much so that one of the academics we're going to hear from has received numerous death threats.
So no death threats, please, listeners.
But here's the question.
Is having children the worst thing you can possibly do for the environment?
Yes, it's not cheery talk about family.
We're talking about cutting down on the family.
Lucy Proctor's been looking into this.
Hi, Lucy.
That's quite a harsh way to look at your kids.
And the top action an individual can take to reduce their emissions is to have fewer children.
Wow.
In comparison, that 58 tonnes seems like a huge figure.
So each child actually leads to 9,500 tonnes of carbon.
That's not a big... That's a huge figure.
OK, but I'm guessing that not everyone is going to agree with the way that Seth's done his calculations.
So if Bjorn's right, does assuming your kids and grandkids will live in a world where energy is green and clean change the ultimate calculation?
We've heard about this kind of thing before, haven't we?
The idea that bringing the number of humans down, you know, is going to save the planet.
Yeah, and I bet it hasn't gone down that well, really, has it, with a lot of people.
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