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Parenting through the climate crisis: Advice for raising children amid the battle for a livable planet

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The torrent of emotions that accompanies the decision on whether or not to have children has been intensely complicated on our over-heating planet.

A recent review of studies in western countries, including the US and UK, asked how climate change was affecting plans to have children. It found substantial evidence that fears about the crisis were putting many people off.

In some countries, concern has become so palpable, that organisations have sprung up to help people deal

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