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Having less children helps climate change
July 25, 2008
Having fewer children is the most effective way for couples to tackle climate change.
A report in the British Medical Journal Online says having two kids, or one fewer than you'd intended, will significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The one-point-five million babies born each week amount to 52 new cities worth of emissions per year.
But Mary Gray a theologian tells Premier she has mixed feelings about the idea: