Four in 10 people don't want to have children as climate anxiety reaches record levels

(Eco Business, 20 Sep 2022) Two-thirds of humanity now recognises climate change to be a serious issue, which could be affecting the willingness of people to start a family. Indonesia is one place where climate change is not putting people off having kids.

The intensifying effects of climate change could be applying the brakes to human population growth.

Four in 10 people globally are not keen on bringing children into a world of climate chaos, according to a global study published on Friday by pollster GlobeScan.

In Asia, those from South Korea  (59 per cent), Hong Kong (53 per cent), India (52 per cent) and Thailand (51 per cent) agreed that they do not want to have children because of the effects of climate change.

Those who say they are personally affected by climate change (44 per cent) are more likely to avoid procreating because of climate change than those who are not affected by it (28 per cent), the study found. 

Indonesia is a clear outlier in the study. People in the populous Muslim-majority Southeast Asian nation are the least likely to be deterred from starting a family because of climate calamity.

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Eco Business, 20 Sep 2022: Four in 10 people don't want to have children as climate anxiety reaches record levels