US EditionFour in five people want more climate action: UN survey
- Poorer countries show the strongest support for climate action at 89%, with the wealthy G20 nations at 76%; China and the US, major emitters, also have majority support.
- 80% of people worldwide want their country to increase efforts on climate change.
- 62 out of 77 countries surveyed back transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy.
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4 in 5 people want more climate action, UN survey shows
UNITED NATIONS, United States — Four in every five people want their country to strengthen its commitments to addressing climate change, according to a global poll of 75,000 participants published on Thursday.The survey by the UN Development Program, Oxford University and GeoPoll posed 15 questions by randomized telephone calls to people in 77 countries, representing 87 percent of the world's population.The key finding was that 80 percent of res…
Four out of five people want their governments to do more to protect the climate. This is shown by a worldwide UN survey with 75,000 participants. more...
In a United Nations survey, 80 percent of participants were in favour of more political action against climate change. In the poorer countries, which are particularly suffering from the consequences of climate change, the figure was almost 90 percent.
In the poorest countries, up to 89 per cent of respondents wanted more climate action.
According to a global UN survey, four out of five people worldwide would like to see more measures against climate change. Concern is not limited to poorer countries.
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