A new report from Pew Research Center shows most people are willing to change, but shows a strong ideological split in the U.S.
A new report from Pew Research Center shows 80% of people willing to make changes to how they work and live to reduce the effects of global climate change.
People are worried that climate change is going to impact their own lives: 72% of the people surveyed are very or somewhat concerned that global climate change will harm them personally at some point in their lifetime. Meanwhile, 27% of those surveyed are not too concerned or not at all concerned that climate change will harm them personally in their lifetime.
In the poll, 45% of American conservatives said they were willing to change how they live and work to help reduce the effects of global climate change, while 94% of liberals said they'd be willing to change.In the Germany, for example 94% of liberals are willing to change, versus 72% of conservatives — a 22-point gap. In Italy, that gap is only 7 percentage points: 96% of liberals versus 89% of conservatives.
When residents of other countries were asked how they feel the United States is doing in its response to climate change, 61% of survey respondents said "bad." Only 36% of survey respondents said "good."
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