Most people are “very” or “extremely” concerned about the state of the natural world, a new global public opinion survey shows.
Roughly 70 percent of 22,000 people polled online earlier this year agreed that human activities were pushing the Earth past “tipping points,” thresholds beyond which nature cannot recover, like loss of the Amazon rainforest or collapse of the Atlantic Ocean’s currents. The same number of respondents said the world needs to reduce carbon emissions within the next decade.
Just under 40 percent of respondents said technological advances can solve environmental challenges.
The Global Commons survey, conducted for two collectives of “economic thinkers” and scientists known as Earth4All and the Global Commons Alliance, polled people across 22 countries, including low-, middle- and high-income nations. The survey’s stated aim was to assess public opinion about “societal transformations” and “planetary stewardship.”
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For years I’ve tried to understand the obliviousness the average American lives in regarding ecological damage caused by one’s own lifestyle. I attribute much of problems to the extreme unequalness of the distribution of information within society. As far as I’m concerned the IPCC reports and many other global reports should be required reading for all Americans, as it is I’d bet only a few people in a thousand have actually read it. Objective reality has been eroded away to the point where it’s nearly impossible for most people to distinguish between scientific fact meant to inform and skewed opinions from people with a vested interest in you believing what they are telling you. The disintegration of trust is another major factor that has led to the widespread belief in the minds of many that any environmental information that doesn’t jive with the limited information they have been exposed to is part of some larger conspiracy, a trait especially noticable amongst fox news viewers in particular. Even well-meaning and informed lawmakers I know are almost powerless to create change due to the massive inertia of our current consumeristic social paradigm. I look at the current social blowback from trying to implement even small environmental changes and am left with little hope that society will be able to navigate the legislation and enforcement of the major changes that we collectively will have to make within the next decade.
It is obvious why. Environmental concerns have been hijacked by the globalists who want money and control, and we are so awash with propaganda and misinformation that it is hard to know what to believe any more. We do not need to reduce carbon emissions. Real science clearly shows that carbon is not the driver of global warming (above 100ppm, and we are now 400ppm). Moreover, carbon is essential for plants: the more carbon in the atmosphere, the more plants flourish. The increase in carbon emissions has benefitted plants and increased the areas where plants can grow or be cultivated.
This suprises no one who has been paying attention to the process. Getting Americans to understand their contribution to global warming is difficult for the same reason they don’t understand their participation and the Government’s participation in the global empire. The Pentagon is one of the largest pollutors in the world, but you hear little about it. The military keeps the world safe for exploitive capitalism. The two are intimately connected. Connevt the dots, think outside the box.
Eddie is right about the military. As are Beverly and Nate. I sense that there are many who believe they can’t make a difference. That the deck is stacked against us. Heaven knows how many battles about the environment have been fought. That said, of course, there is a segment of the populace who believe it’s a hoax or want to believe it’s a hoax.. Frankly, I think the greater number of citizens feel helpless. That there is no way to turn things around. And others who are absolutely unwilling to fight the good fight. They want to keep their cars. Why should they have be ‘deprived’ of transportation that isn’t climate friendly when they can’t afford an alternative? There are also probably many who believe nothing about climate change can be prevented..so why try…
In part, it’s due to the messaging. The old adage ‘three outta three are gonna die…’ Fighting for nature? They don’t have any hope and don’t connect with the idea of fight because it’s a good fight. Fighting to honor for what we’ve been blessed to have. That said, Gen Z has announced they’re in the ring, but I suspect even they are becoming discouraged. Something needs to change with the press which thrives on doom and gloom headlines. The messaging that will encourage people to engage, to do the right thing is not out happening. To fight, even though the odds for success are steep. Climate change exhaustion has set in. That said, the public wants to keep their personal transport. Why should they, one person, have to be the ones that give up what they have? Generally speaking, Americans are very very spoiled. Europe seems to be more engaged.in the fight, but even they are having serious challenges
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I agree with most of the prior postings and add from my reading of things that more effort needs to be applied towards protecting our civilizations, our populations from the rapidly oncoming changes. The dye is cast, the carbon, the methane is in the atmosphere and I argue if you could turn off the entire economic system today that yes the air would clear at ground level but methane already in the upper atmosphere is forty times stronger greenhouse gas than CO2 will continue outgassing and it breaks down over a hundred or so years, maybe. Then consider CO2 might break down over several hundreds of years and reenter the ground, plants or oceans. Our proverbial goose is cooking and we collectively need to figure out how to change and survive until our planet can with advancing technologies and collective will right itself and recover, and stabilize at a new level. This is a very long-term multigenerational commitment that recycling and Tesla’s will not fix but requires a transformation of humanity away from hyper-individualism to collective welfare including all creatures on the beautiful Earth.