Future of the Environment

Why children must emit eight times less CO2 than their grandparents

Young students and their parents wearing masks walk along a street on a hazy day in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, November 3, 2015. Some kindergartens and schools were closed as severe air pollution hit northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on Tuesday, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA  - GF20000043621

Younger generations have much smaller lifetime carbon budgets than older generations. Image: REUTERS/Stringer

Zeke Hausfather
US Analyst, Carbon Brief
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