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Feb 2020
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Going childless to fight climate change

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18 Feb 2020: Researchers found that each child is the equivalent of 58.6 tonnes of CO2 emissions every year, and there's growing number of people deciding not to have children for this reason. Gerogia chats to Mariela, who decided to adopt instead of have biological children. She also welcomes into the studio Aimee, who decided with her husband not to have any children. Interestingly, she has eight siblings. 

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