Ever more urgent scientific reports. Bigger and more frequent droughts, floods and storms. High-profile protest movements, such as Extinction Rebellion and the school strikes. Over the last year, all of these things have been turning the spotlight on to climate breakdown. But how has this affected public opinion? This is what the polls tell us:
In much of the Global North, the percentage of people expressing concern about the climate crisis has hit a new high. A majority believe the world faces a climate emergency in the UK, US, Canada, Germany, Poland, France, Brazil and Italy, according to a poll in September 2019.
