Changing Perceptions in a Changing Climate

The Institute for Economics and Peace has found that some of the most significant emitters of carbon dioxide are countries where their citizens are least concerned with climate change as a very serious threat. They are also some of the most populous countries in the world.

The analysis was enabled by data from the Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll, the first global study of worry and risk ever mounted at this scale. Conducted by Gallup as part of its World Poll, it’s based on interviews with over 150,000 people in 142 countries, including places where little or no official data exists.

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