The article “Topline Results: European Attitudes to Climate Change, Fairness, and Action” covers climate change concern, the seriousness of different climate issues, and who should be responsible for mitigating its effects. A key finding: Across all eleven surveyed countries the belief that the world’s climate is changing is near universal.
The report, written by Wouter Poortinga (Cardiff University) also analyzes data on prioritising environmental protection or economic growth and job creation, the perceived fairness of climate policies, climate activism, as well as willingness to pay for environmental protection.
The report was published as part of the Infra4NextGen project using data from the self-completion web first panel (CRONOS-3). IHS is a member of the Infra4NextGen-Team and conducts the Austrian part of the study. Panelists in Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom were asked to complete each wave online or, if that was not possible, using paper self-completion questionnaires.