EUROPEANS MORE WORRIED ABOUT ENVIRONMENT THAN ECONOMY
(Published 7 October 2011)
Europeans believe that the dangers of climate change represent a more serious problem than the current financial turmoil, according to a major new poll.
The Eurobarometer poll found that the majority of Europeans consider global warming to be one of the world's most serious problems, with one-fifth saying it is the single most serious problem.
Overall, respondents said climate change was the second most serious issue facing the world, after poverty.
The number of people rating climate change as a very serious problem has risen slightly, from 64% when the poll was last conducted in 2009, to 68% this year. When asked to rank the seriousness of the problem, people put it at 7.4 out of 10, compared with a score of 7.1 out of 10 two years ago.
People also said there were economic benefits to tackling climate change, with eight out of 10 people saying that dealing with the problem would provide an economic boost and create jobs. Two years ago, the number was just under two-thirds.
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