According to a report by the Policy Institute, a think-tank at King’s College London , people vastly underestimate the scientific consensus. Researchers surveyed 12,000 people in six countries—Britain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway and Poland—about their views on climate change. The average guess was that a mere 68% of scientists think that “human-made climate change is happening”. The true proportion is 99.2%, according to an analysis of scientific literature.
Britons were the farthest off, with an average estimate of 65%; Irish respondents were closest, with 71%. Across all countries, the majority agreed that climate change is mainly caused by humans. But the proportion who did so ranged from 82% of Italians to just 61% of Norwegians. Norwegians were sceptical on other questions, too. Almost a third said they would never vote for a party with, compared with a fifth elsewhere. Only one in four said that their country is already being harmed by climate change, compared with more than half of Italians. Norwegians were also the least likely to agree that climate change is already harming them personally.
The report demonstrates the divide between countries that have seen faster change in their climate and those where people feel largely unaffected by it. “One of the most powerful drivers of concern and support for action is actually seeing the effects,” says Bobby Duffy of KCL. Europe’s hot summer is unpleasant. But it could also increase support for policies to reduce the risk of future ones.
Same is true about economics, but western governments keep pretending supply and demand is “subject to great debate.”
T or F? Uncle Shame cares least.
T or F? More important of how many European governments and Europeans do take it serious and take actions.
Is this comedy? If so perhaps you are working at wrong place. My objection is simply this is bad journalism. Perhaps this is editorial in wrong section?
'But there's a guy on the internet that says climate scientists are stupid and the whole climate change things is a fraud. And his delivery is convincingly condescending, so he must be right. And I must be smarter than everyone else because I believe him.'
An opinion poll is not a science experiment 😂
My truth is the only truth
This is an absolute lie, like not even a comical one
Oil companies spend millions on propaganda because it works
This is desperate stuff.
Climate change is real but we shouldn't be stupid about fighting it (ie become dependent on Russia or China)
What complete and utter bullshit. 100% of scientists agreeing on ANY issue, no matter the field, is not just unlikely but impossible. Did you ask ALL climate scientists? Or just 100% of the ones you asked?
Scientists with a vested interest in climate change advocate climate change shock
even less known is soil degradation 😳 we need to SaveSoil by increasing the organic content of it to a min of 3% as this will sequester better carbon and water increasing food production & quality 🌏 WorldUnitesForSoil cpsavesoil ClimateEmergency
There is and never was a scientific consensus on climate change. Similar to the treatment of the ChineseBorneCoronaVirus.. Politics has infiltrated science and with the help of media makes hypothesis scientific fact.
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