These millennials are going on “birth strike” due to climate change — Quartz

The emerging costs of climate change are leading some parents to wonder if bringing children into this world is even ethical.

This question is fundamental and controversial. Some argue that giving up on parenthood won’t make a meaningful difference in resolving climate change. Others fear it might distract people from the more systemic issues contributing to the problem, and absolve lawmakers of the responsibility of coming up with solutions. But the members of BirthStrike don’t believe that everyone should stop having children, or that their movement will solve this crisis. Some of them took the pledge because they felt hopeless; others say nothing gives them more hope for the future of the planet. Their individual stories of grief and loss bring a different human facet to the universal story of climate change.