My local fair had a Population Matters booth and I talked to the volunteer manning the booth. He said their policy was that they thought people should have small families or one less child. I broadly agree with this i.e. planning to have an only child.
I am confused about one thing though. I thought that having 2 children would be fine from an environmental perspective as you are just replacing you and your partner. But having read about in greater detail, it seems like scientists are saying population reduction is the way to beat climate change, www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-05/scientists-call-for-population-control-in-mass-climate-alarm so doesn't that mean that we should be aiming for 0 children or 1 child and the max 2 children is for exceptional circumstances. My DH also said that even though replacement rate is officially 2.05 for the UK (higher in developing countries due to higher child mortality), the fact that we live so long in the UK means 2 children is 'adding to the population'. What do you all think of this?
Disclaimer: I don't advocate for any coercive measures to control population nor is this a snipe at anyone who has 3 or more children (we can't return children, this is just a discussion about FUTURE children).