{"id":4248,"date":"2026-04-15T14:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teresabigioli.com\/?p=4248"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:38:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:38:35","slug":"i-see-a-future-here-odishas-resilience-story-through-natural-disasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teresabigioli.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/i-see-a-future-here-odishas-resilience-story-through-natural-disasters\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI see a future here\u201d: Odisha&#8217;s Resilience Story through natural disasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fertility rate is declining globally. <\/strong>South Korea holds the lowest global ranking, with less than one child per mother; <strong>Italy &amp; Spain<\/strong>\u2019s low fertility links to economic pressure, and <strong>Singapore <\/strong>blames its decreasing trend to the cost of living and the changing attitudes toward pregnancy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/28355906\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/28355906\/thumbnail\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"visualization\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please find the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/headabroad.com\/2026\/04\/10\/title\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the world gets more uncertain, people fear the future, leading to indecision about having children. <strong>Climate change <\/strong>is one of the factors impacting this uncertainty. &#8220;I cannot see myself as responsible for the life of another human being, for generating a new life that would become another burden to a planet that is so overloaded already,&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-67298903\">BBC interviewee<\/a> says.<\/p>\n<p>While studies link natural disasters to fertility fluctuations, and users online show growing interest in <strong>fostering<\/strong> and <strong>adoption<\/strong> over pregnancy, one region proves that the association between child desire goes beyond the amount and intensity of natural disasters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"293\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2151 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/headabroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Artboard-1-1024x293.png?resize=1024%2C293&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A gate in Raghurajpur, Odisha, before and after 2019 Cyclone Fani. 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