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"A solid majority of people in rich countries are in favour of comprehensive
climate action which includes payments to poorer countries, a study has found.
“There is strong and genuine support for international carbon pricing, per
capita reimbursement of revenues, and thus redistribution to poorer countries,”
said the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), which co-authored
the study.
The study results reflect deep-seated attitudes, rather than current
sentiments, explained PIK’s Linus Mattauch, co-author of the study, which was
published in the science journal
Nature Human Behaviour.
He said the researchers made sure that people’s responses will hold up over
time.
“Politicians should not be too afraid of citizens when pushing ahead with
global climate protection,” Mattauch said. The findings are based on two
surveys involving a total of around 50,000 people from across the globe, which
were conducted in 2021 and 2023.
One of the surveys conducted in 20 countries, which account for almost three
quarters of all carbon emissions, showed support for climate policy at the
global level, ranging from 70 per cent in the US to 94 per cent in Japan.
“Even though the topic seems to have slipped down the political agenda,
comprehensive measures to combat global heating enjoy widespread public support
around the world,” PIK said.
The institute added there was similarly high support for an ambitious global
carbon pricing scheme, in which the remaining global emissions budget (in line
with the 2-degree limit) is divided according to population, with countries
receiving emission rights that they can trade.
Even though they understood that their own country would occur a financial loss
under the scheme, three-quarters of respondents in the EU, and more than half
in the US, expressed support for a specified carbon pricing timeline which
included monthly per capita reimbursement for every adult worldwide. This would
be a substantial financial inflow to the Global South, PIK said."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
