Earth nearing “tipping point”
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Asked whether Earth’s climate is close to abrupt and irreversible “tipping points” due to human activity, three in four people agreed strongly, in
a global survey of the world’s wealthiest nations
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Strongly/tend to agree
Neither agree nor disagree
Strongly/tend to disagree
Don’t know

Indonesia 86% 10 3 2
Turkey 85% 6 8 1
Brazil 83% 8 7 2
Italy 79% 12 8 2
Mexico 78% 8 11 2
Argentina 77% 9 11 4
India 77% 11 10 2
South Africa 76% 13 10 2
Russia 75% 15 8 1
China 74% 17 9 1
South Korea 73% 16 8 3
G20 73% 15 10 3
France 72% 18 6 4
Saudi Arabia 72% 15 8 5 
Germany 67% 20 9 4
Australia 66% 18 14 2
Canada 66% 18 14 2
UK 65% 20 11 4
Japan 63% 22 9 6
U.S. 60% 19 18 3
    
Awareness markedly higher in less wealthy countries than in richest nations

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Ipsos i-Omnibus Online Panel survey of 19,735 adults aged 16-75 across 19 G20 countries (around 1,000 interviews per country) between Apr 27 and May 14, 2021
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