You are not alone. Most people in 77 countries want stronger, faster climate action
3 in 4 people want quickly replace fossil fuels with clean energy
Four out of every five people globally want their governments to take stronger action to tackle the climate crisis. (If people saw the graphic below it’d be closer to 100%.)
72% want their country to move quickly away from fossil fuels to clean energy—including majorities of people in big carbon-polluting countries (China, US, Russia, Germany).
This is based on the largest-ever global survey of over 73,000 people speaking 87 different languages across 77 countries conducted for the UN Development Programme (UNDP) by the University of Oxford and GeoPoll.
Here’s perhaps the most stunning result:
86% of people want to see their countries set aside geopolitical differences and work together on climate change.
80% of Americans, 85% of Canadians and 90% of Britons also agree countries need to work together on climate change even if they disagree on other issues.
Not surprisingly more women than men support strong climate action in most countries.
“The survey results – unprecedented in their coverage – reveal a level of consensus that is truly astonishing….This is an issue that almost everyone, everywhere, can agree on.”
—UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner.
More findings from the survey:
69% of people globally said climate change is impacting their big decisions like where to live or work.
Globally, 56% said they think about climate change and its impacts regularly on a daily or weekly basis, including some 63% of those in Least Developed Countries.
54% to 55% of those under age 18 and over 60 are more worried about climate change than last year.
80% of people globally want schools to do more teaching about climate change
This is some of the very highest quality global data on public opinions on climate change available. —Stephen Fisher, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford
Most people also think big businesses are doing worse than their governments in addressing climate change.
The survey results are public and is very-user friendly. You can explore the results by country, question, or age group. https://peoplesclimate.vote
I’ll leave you with this final thought from the survey.
Until next time, be well.
Stephen
P.S.
In an issue of Ntk back in January, I wrote about another global survey that found the majority of people of all ages believe that “it’s our responsibility to leave behind a world that’s safe and livable for future generations.”
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