Question- With reference to The People’s Climate Vote Result published on January 26, 2021, consider the following statements-
(a) Britain has the largest percentage of people who believe in a state of climate emergency.
(b) Among the survey participants, 59 percent of the people of India currently believe in a situation like climate emergency.
(c) Accordingly ‘Conservation of forests and land’ is at the top of all the 18 climate policies included in the survey.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) All the above statements are correct
Answer – (d)
Related facts
- The People’s Climate Vote Result published on January 26, 2021.
Major findings of the Peoples’ Climate Vote include:
- Britain has the largest percentage of people who believe in a state of climate emergency.
- Among the survey participants, 59 percent of the people of India currently believe in a situation like climate emergency.
- Accordingly ‘Conservation of forests and land’ is at the top of all the 18 climate policies included in the survey.
- Even though the survey was conducted during the COVID-19 crisis, there was still widespread recognition of climate change as a global emergency in every country surveyed. Over all 50 countries, 64% of people said that climate change was an emergency – presenting a clear and convincing call for decision-makers to step up on ambition.
- The highest level of support was in Small Island Developing States (74%), followed by high-income countries (72%),middle-income countries (62%), then Least Developed Countries (58%).
- Regionally, the proportion of people who said climate change is a global emergency had a high level of support everywhere – in Western Europe and North America (72%), Eastern Europe and Central Asia (65%), Arab States (64%), Latin America and Caribbean (63%), Asia and Pacific (63%), and Sub-Saharan Africa (61%).
- Of the people that said climate change is a global emergency, 59% said that the world should do everything necessary and urgently in response. Meanwhile 20% said we should act slowly, while 10% percent of people thought the world is already doing enough.
Respondents were asked which policies – out of a total of 18 that covered energy, economy, transportation, food and farms, nature, and protecting people from climate impacts – that governments should enact to address the climate emergency.
Four climate policies emerged as the most popular globally:
- Conservation of forests and land (54% public support);
- Solar, wind and renewable power (53%);
- Climate-friendly farming techniques (52%); and
- Investing more in green businesses and jobs (50%).
- Nine out of ten of the countries with the most urbanized populations backed clean transport. These include substantial majorities in Chile (58%), Japan (57%), and the United States (56%). Clean transportation was the fifth most popular climate policy overall.
- While the gender gap was found to be small overall (4%), in some countries the gap was substantial. There was much stronger belief in the climate emergency among women and girls than men and boys (by more than 10 percentage points) in Australia, Canada, and the United States. But it was the other way around in other countries such as Vietnam and Nigeria where men and boys were more receptive to the idea.
- Young people (under 18) are more likely to believe climate change is a global emergency than other age groups, but a substantial majority of older people still agreed with them.
- Nearly 70% of under-18s said that climate change is a global emergency, compared to 65% of those aged 18-35, 66% aged 36-59 and 58% of those aged over 60.
By — Pankaj Pandey.