Saturday, May 25, 2013

Aussies “accepting climate change”

Aussies “accepting climate change”

Australian respondents viewed climate change as a more "immediate, proximal, and certain threat" than British respondents.
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Research from Griffith University and Cardiff University in Wales has found that Australians are
accepting climate change and are taking adaptive action.

The two-year project involving nearly 7500 Australians and 1800 Britons found 90% of Australian and 89% of British respondents accepted human causal impact on climate change.

Though comparison findings showed striking similarities overall, Australian respondents viewed climate change as a more "immediate, proximal, and certain threat" than British respondents and were beginning to adapt to it through changes in their thinking, feelings and behaviours.

71% of Australians also reported... [via Sciencealert]

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