Climate Action

Who’s most – and least – concerned about how climate change will affect their lives?

Joe Myers
Writer, Forum Agenda

Ugandans are most concerned that climate change will harm them personally, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.

The report explores global public opinion in relation to climate change based on more than 45,000 telephone and face-to-face interviews across 40 countries.

This world map shows the percentage of each country’s population who said they were ‘very concerned’ when asked: ‘How concerned are you, if at all, that global climate change will harm you personally at some point in your lifetime?’

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Eighty-eight percent of respondents in Uganda are very concerned about climate change having a personal impact – compared to a global median of just 40%. Brazil follows in second place, with 78%. Of the countries surveyed, another African nation, Burkina Faso, completes the top three, with 77%.

The map highlights regional trends, with Europe and North America, along with Australia, generally less concerned about the personal impact of climate change. Comparatively, levels of concern are higher in South America and Africa, and, with the exception of China, Asia.

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Author: Joe Myers is a Digital Content Producer at Formative Content.

Image: Splinters of ice peel off from one of the sides of the Perito Moreno glacier in a process of a unexpected rupture during the southern hemisphere’s winter months, near the city of El Calafate in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, southern Argentina, July 7, 2008. REUTERS/Andres Forza

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