Why is your anger targeted at individuals having babies - a very natural and organic process. Why are you not targeting your fury at the outrageous organisations who profiteer from the destruction of the planet whilst actively working to spread misinformation about the climate crisis so that they can defer regulation of their industry as much as possible and continue their destructive habits? We know the world is riddled with climate sceptics who have fuelled the debate of whether climate change is real when really there is no debate to be had. The likes of trump being elected as leaders of the most powerful countries where, if behaviourial change were to occur, the impact for the planet would be very real - is not a 'by chance' occurrence - there are active forces at play.
What matters is human consumption of precious resources. Why are we not already pressing those in power to make the change we all want to see? Why are political parties with green credentials not already running our countries? Why are we choosing politicians who promote greed and self interest over thosr who put the environment first? Humans have existed for most of time without damaging the planet in the ways we are now. It is not a certainty written in stone that more humans = more damage.
We, as a species, over eat, we over consume, we've voted in repeatedly political systems that foster and promote captialsitic models where "economic growth" must happen at all costs. Why are we not questioning these models ? This is where human behaviour has become destructive. having children has always and will always be a natural drive.
We have fewer children on average in more wealthy countries because we are more certain of their survival to a reproductive age, and this trend will continue. Where once natural disasters, child and maternal mortality, ill health and old age were big risks to life expectancy, good medical intervention means we are having fewer children and offering them a better standard of living. Rapid population growth has been a temporary phenomenon is most countries quickly followed by a decline in birth rate.
What is interesting, however, is a study in 2020 which revealed that the carbon emissions of the richest 1% of the world's population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the 3.1 billion people who made up the poorest half of humanity! Looking at the consumption emissions of different income groups in a period which saw the doubling of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the report found that the richest 10% blew one third of our remaining global carbon budget compared to just 4% of the poorest half of the population. So not only are the Jacob Rees Mogs and Boris' progeny worse by far for their consumption levels, they are infinitely worse because they are personally responsible for why we have not yet begun to tackle the climate crisis when they had the power to affect policy and bring about real change.
Tim Gore, the head of the climate policy at Oxfam said "the over consumption if a wealthy minority is fuelling the climate crisis, yet it is poor communities and young people who are paying the price. Such extreme carbon inequality is a direct consequence of our governments decades long pursuit of grossly unequal and carbon intensive economic growth."
So push your MPs and your government ministers to do more and act faster instead of turning your hatred to those in society who are the least powerful. It plays out like playground bullying. Have we not moved past this level of debate now.