It’s a question as old as environmental fearmongering: Should would-be parents have children despite climate change? This is the trendy version of the age-old worry, “How can I bring a child into a world with so much evil?” The latter rests on a significant, if ultimately baseless, philosophical concern, while its modern iteration stems simply from a misunderstanding of our environment.

Even so, this question is keeping millennials and Generation Z up at night. Over one-third of young people report they are “hesitant” about having children because of climate change.