• Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    That’s not what your source says though.

    It says “having one fewer child” is the recommendation that should be given, and logically so

    • Jack@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Having a child adds approximately 58.6 tonnes CO2e per year.

      The maximum average CO2e per person per year to reach the Paris climate agreement goal of a 1.5 °C, is about 3-10 tonnes. We could do this with a 0.01 fertility rate for a few decades, until we’re not catastrophically overpopulated anymore.