Climate change is viewed by South Africans as the top international threat to national security (ranking at 59%). During spring 2017, the US based Pew Research Center conducted a public opinion poll among 38 countries regarding eight possible threats to national security. It is evident from the graph above that climate change is viewed by...
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Saudi Arabia Survey
The questionnaires focused on exploring the approach of the construction sector stakeholders to sustainable buildings both at the development and operational phases of projects. The findings of the survey indicate that the Saudi building industry has yet to realize the importance of sustainability. To investigate the prospects of sustainable buildings in Saudi Arabia, two researchers...
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Russia Survey
Almost half of the respondents see the problem of climate change as a warning to future generations. A third of the respondents think that this problem needs to be addressed now, and one out of every seven respondents believes that global warming does not pose a threat to anyone. In April 2016, a survey was...
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Nigeria Survey
The findings of a survey conducted in 2015 of 379 public officials and university students in Lagos State and Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria showed that most of those surveyed (about 340 individuals) believed that human activities were a significant cause of climate change. Knowledge of Global Warming and Climate Change among Rural Folks A survey...
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Mexico Survey
It is clear that we are still far away from having a comprehensive idea about the attitudes, perceptions and concerns of people about climate change in Mexico. Unlike other countries, Mexico has insufficient information about the perception, attitudes and knowledge its people have about climate change and global warming, and even less about the Paris...
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Japan Survey
66% of people surveyed did not know that Japan was one of the highest GHG emitting countries in the world. This report is a summary of three polls conducted in 2016 with findings on the attitudes to climate change amongst the Japanese population. The first poll is the “Poll on Environmental Awareness 2016” (this source...
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Italy Survey
Unlike the rest of Europe, right-leaning Italians are more concerned about climate change (78%) than left-leaning Italians (64%). In a survey conducted by the research company GfK on behalf of the World Wildllife Fund climate change is one of the most serious environmental issues for 73% of Italians along with air and water pollution. About...
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Indonesia Survey
Among those negative impacts of climate that respondents listed were respiratory problems and disruption to food production from the longer dry season, greater exposure to water-borne illness and increases in mosquitos carrying Dengue and Chikungunya from frequent heavy rain and flooding, and increased illness from sudden changes in weather. In 2012, Climate Asia, a BBC...
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India Survey
44 percent of Indians feel the rich countries needed to do more to curb greenhouse gas emissions. In the report “Global Concern about Climate Change, Broad Support for Limiting Emissions” published in November 2015 by the US based Pew Research Center, 76% of Indians interviewed by the researchers recognized Climate Change as a serious problem....
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Germany Survey
Respondents were asked whether they would support the introduction of hefty penalties to countries that were unwilling to be part of the Paris agreement and 59% agreed. Traditionally, German citizens have a high environmental awareness. As such, climate change is a top issue of discussion in German media mainly in magazines and newspapers e.g. the...