In 2009, statistician Paul Murtaugh and climate scientist Michael Schlax calculated that having just one child in a high-emitting country such as the United States will add around 10,000 tons of CO₂ to the atmosphere. That’s five times the emissions an average parent produces in their entire lifetime.
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Source: Phys.org