An 18-year-old girl living in Canada made a declaration last month that had been considered. “I don't have children”. This is because the Canadian government is not taking measures against the climate crisis. A homepage has also been launched on the Internet, and the circle of support is expanding.
It was Emma Lim (18) who declared it. Studied biomedicine at the prestigious McGill University in Montreal, Eastern Canada. On September 16, Lim launched a campaign “#NoFutureNoChildren” that calls for not creating children until the government is committed to combating environmental crises and promises a safe future. In the first month, more than 5,000 people, especially young people, agreed.
The reason why Lim woke up to environmental protection was that he learned about the activities of Swedish environmental activist Greta Tunberg (16).
In November last year, a senior high school student, he was inspired by Greta and started a “school strike” that appealed to politicians to take measures to combat climate crisis by taking classes off every Friday. “I learned from Greta that I would never give up and that I could change the world with just one person.”
Canada's Trudeau administration has imposed a “federal carbon tax” on states that have not issued greenhouse gas emissions regulations this year. On the other hand, an oil pipeline expansion plan was approved in June this year. Greenhouse gas emissions may increase, and many environmental protection groups have criticized them. Lim said, “I thought that the Trudeau administration was responding to our voices, so I was betrayed,” raised distrust.
Lim will be 29 years old in 2030, when the global average temperature is estimated to be 1.5 degrees higher than before the industrial revolution. "It's just time to give birth to children. But in a world where clean air and clean water are not guaranteed and safe, I can't give birth."
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