Biggest ever survey on climate change 

A major survey on climate change finds two-thirds of people around the world view it as a “global emergency”


BY COUNTRY* (percentage) 
UK		81
Italy		81
Japan 		79 
France 		77 
Germany 	77 
South Africa 	76 
Canada 		75 
Philippines 	74 
Australia 	72 
Spain 		71 
Indonesia 	69 
Georgia 	68 
Morocco 	68 
Turkey 		67 
Jordan 		67 
Tunisia 	66 
Sweden 		66 
Egypt		66
Chile 		66 
Russia 		65 
U.S. 		65 
Algeria 	65 
Brazil 		64 
Vietnam 	64 
Iraq 		62 
Panama 		61 
Nigeria 	60 
Bosnia 		60 
Thailand 	60 
Pakistan 	60 
Poland 		59 
India 		59 
Kyrgyzstan 	59 
Ecuador 	58 
Argentina 	58 
Sri Lanka 	55 
Moldova		50


BY AGE GROUP	Average 64%
70   69%     65%    66%   58%
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0  Under 18  18-35  36-59  60+
      

MOST POPULAR SOLUTIONS
Conserve forests and land		54% 
Use solar, wind and renewable power	53%
Use climate friendly farming techniques	52% 
Invest more in green businesses and jobs 50%
           

People’s Climate Vote: UN Development Programme and Oxford University poll of 1.22 million people in 50 countries. Margin of error ± 2%

*Reliable data across whole population available for 37 countries only


Source: UN Development Programme (UNDP) 
Picture: Newscom 
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