Climate Change Dictates Family Planning, Lifestyle, Jobs for Over 50% Parents, Survey Reveals

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More than 50% of parents are making decisions regarding family planning, lifestyle, and job in light of climate change.

According to climate change, more than 50% of parents are making decisions about family planning, lifestyle, and employment.

Climate Change and Family Planning Decisions

People's choices of where to live, from which businesses to purchase goods, and even how many children to have are being impacted by climate change.

According to a recent poll, 53% of parents feel that climate change influences their decision to have more children.

Computer technology giant HP, a global research organization interviewed more than 5,000 adult parents residing in the countries India, Mexico, Singapore, the United States, and the United Kingdom between May 18 and May 26. In each of the five nations, a poll of around 1,000 parents was conducted.

According to the report, 91% of parents are worried about climate change. They are particularly concerned about the impacts of rising temperatures, water scarcity, shifting sea levels, and severe weather.

Climate Change and Jobs

Parents claim that their work selections are also impacted by their worry about climate change. 43% of poll participants stated they had second thoughts about working for a certain organization because of its level of commitment to social and environmental concerns, the HP study found.

International Labour Organization explains that jobs will be produced in newly developing green industries like renewable energy where there is a growing need for products and services.

By prohibiting or limiting the use of specific processing methods or resources, particularly in energy-intensive and polluting sectors, certain jobs may be lost without being directly replaced.

As a result of the industrial transition, certain positions will be replaced. Jobs at recycling facilities, for instance, will take the place of jobs in trash incineration plants;

In terms of profile criteria and working techniques, the bulk of current vocations will be modified and redefined, for example, architects and plumbers will embrace environmentally friendly methods like efficiency increases.

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Climate Change and Consumer Behavior

The efforts a corporation has taken to combat climate change also affect customers' purchasing decisions. Nearly two-thirds of parents, 64%, say they prefer items that are sourced responsibly, and 60% of parents believe that a company's sustainability standards play "a large part" in what they actually buy.

According to the report, parents "are likely" to spend more for goods they are aware are more environmentally friendly. According to the poll, parents' willingness to pay more for sustainable items varies by product type: 75% of parents will pay more for environmentally friendly apparel, 62% for supplies for pets, 59% for tech purchases like laptops, and 66% for cell phones.

This dedication to sustainable products arises at a time when 57% of parents say it takes "a lot of time" to act in an environmentally responsible manner, which includes things like recycling, composting, buying products made of recycled materials, and upcycling instead of throwing things away, and 84% of parents say that the cost of living is generally rising.

Parents assert that companies mostly must make wise climate decisions. Only 36% of parents believe that customers should force businesses to act sustainably, while just over half (51%) believe that businesses have "a lot" of duty to hold themselves liable to do the best they can for the environment, CNBC reports.

The study by Morning Consult on behalf of HP is recently published on the HP Development Company website.

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