Having fewer children is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The only reason we care about the environment is because it serves people. It's like trying t

Having fewer children is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The only reason we care about the environment is because it serves people. It's like trying to prevent cancer by having fewer children - fewer people will suffer from it! Children are also important to us adults. We need them to indirectly take care of us when we're old by keeping the economy around us functioning and providing services and for us. Some western countries are facing potential problems with aging populations and not enough young people to support them. That's big and important. Possibly more important than global warming. There's no point having a stable environment if you die from a treatable disease because there are no doctors available. Whenever there's a problem or a risk, and you're deciding what to do about it, one option is always "do nothing". We don't _have_ to stop climate change. If stopping it causes more harm that letting it continue, then we would be wrong to stop it. So what's the expected cost of climate change?