“People Want Action on Climate Change” – That’s the conclusion of a poll out this week that was commissioned by the World Bank and carried out by WorldPublicOpinion.org. The press release says “People signaled they would support public measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions and step up adaptation measures.” The report on the poll, Public attitudes toward climate change: findings from a multi-country poll, indicates that the “…publics in all countries polled saw climate change as a serious problem, either very serious or somewhat serious.” There were 13,518 respondents in 15 nations- Bangladesh, China, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Russia, Senegal, Turkey, the United States, and Vietnam.
Another poll, just out in the UK, and referenced here by the Met Office, finds that “When it comes to the impacts of climate change, 67% of people believe it is already affecting the UK and 83% think it’s already affecting the world.”
