Reproductive anxiety in the climate crisis is growing amongst younger generations who live in Western industrialized nations. Yes these are private decisions, but they're also deeply collective, as our ability to imagine the future is informed by our political reality. /THREAD

Those who are afraid of what their hypothetical kid will have to endure and therefore questioning whether or not to have them at all are often criticized for being privileged, with blinders on about the history and present of human suffering.

Several researchers looking at this have told me they're noticing reproductive worries stemming from people's education (awareness) more than anything else, and trends for aligning with this kind of anxiety seem to be more tied to class than race (as of yet unpublished data).

'Childless' people have often been called selfish for pursuing an intentionally 'childfree' life inside our society that normalizes procreation. In some circles the tides are turning, and it is increasingly seen as selfish to knowingly put a child into a climate disrupted world.

The next generation equates to the future of our societies. This is a collective problem, as much as we like brush it off as a private decision. What does this growing dilemma require of us now as a collective? How can we process this and make decisions that we can live with?

Would seriously love any of your thoughts #climatetwitter /END