‘I think of my carbon footprint’: Why we won’t have kids because of climate change

A generation of young people is debating whether having children is the right thing to do in light of the deepening climate crisis

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WHEN Kalyn, a Carlow-based woman in her 30s, looks at the climate projections for 2050, she can’t feel secure about her own future, let alone that of any potential child she might have.

“Am I going to bring a child into a world where they’d have a harder time than me? How can I equip them for that?