4 Out of 10 Gen-Zers People Afraid to Have Kids Because of the Climate Crisis

A poll in ten countries revealed that four out of ten young people worldwide are hesitant to have children due to the climate issue and believe governments are doing too little to avoid global catastrophe.

The poll adds to earlier studies that have revealed widespread anxiety over the global climate problem, including concerns about having children.

"This study portrays a horrible picture of pervasive climate anxiety among our children and young people," said Caroline Hickman of the University of Bath's Climate Psychology Alliance and co-lead author on the study. For the first time, it indicates a relationship between high levels of psychological distress in adolescents and government inactivity. Our children's worry is a perfectly reasonable reaction in light of governments' ineffective solutions to climate change. What else does a government need to hear to act?"

Francois Hollande, who was president of France when the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, urged nations to take notice at the Cop26 UN climate summit in Glasgow in November. "Six years after the Paris Agreement, we must confront the brutality of climate change, not only in terms of its impact on our planet but also in terms of our youth's mental health, as this disturbing study demonstrates. We must act quickly and do everything we can to ensure the future of future generations," he added.

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