{"id":233390,"date":"2022-12-11T14:21:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T13:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=233390"},"modified":"2022-12-11T14:21:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T13:21:46","slug":"ipsos-climate-skepticism-rising-three-years-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=233390","title":{"rendered":"Ipsos: Climate Skepticism Rising Three Years in a Row"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 Unexpectedly, climate skepticism has consistently grown over the past 3 years (37%, +6 pts in 3 years), and is particularly striking in France this year (37%, +8 pts in one year) \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Climate change: a growing skepticism <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purchasing power is now the key priority on a global level.<\/strong> Despite the importance they attribute to the climate and extreme weather events, people are less inclined to become involved and are more dubious<\/strong> as to the human origins of the phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 December 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite topping the list of environmental priorities, climate change is not generating greater concern and climate skepticism is growing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate change (46%, +2 points vs. 2021) and extreme climate events (43%, +2 points vs. 2021) have become the key reasons for environmental concern this year on a world level<\/strong>, although this is also due to the drop in concern about waste and plastic (41%, -5 points vs 2021) and air pollution (37%, -3 points vs 2021). Nevertheless, if the two items are combined, 66% of the world\u2019s population still view the climate as a priority issue<\/strong> (60% in 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In France 16-24-year-olds are less worried than the population as a whole (45%), but they are either more indifferent (16% vs 7% overall), or on the contrary express greater demoralization (38% vs 27% overall).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Unexpectedly, climate skepticism has consistently grown over the past 3 years (37%, +6 pts in 3 years), and is particularly striking in France this year<\/strong> (37%, +8 pts in one year)2 whereas concern about the environment is particularly strong in that country. More specifically, the idea that has progressed the most is not a denial of change, but the notion that it is \u201cmainly due to the kinds of natural phenomena that the Earth has experienced throughout its history\u201d. \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Age does not appear to be a divisive criterion on this subject:<\/strong> \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en\/obscop-2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

On one hand I\u2019m encouraged that young people seem to be starting to break free from all the intense green brainwashing many of them experienced at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having said that, the proportion of people who hold hardline alarmist views also seems to have edged up slightly \u2013 so a component of that increase in skepticism may represent an increase in polarisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish there was a way to somehow increase the rate of progress. It is sad watching people in Britain, Europe and parts of the USA suffering unnecessary hardship because political climate activism has driven up the price of energy, even if many of those people voted for the politicians who created this mess. I guess sometimes people have to learn the hard way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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via Watts Up With That?<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 10, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ipsos: Climate Skepticism Rising Three Years in a Row \u2014 Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“… Unexpectedly, climate skepticism has consistently grown over the past 3 years (37%, +6 pts in 3 years), and is particularly striking in France this year\u00a0(37%, +8 pts in one year)\u00a0…”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":233392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-233390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","9":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00Ipsos-climate-skepticism-growing.webp?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-YIm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":234269,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=234269","url_meta":{"origin":233390,"position":0},"title":"Despite ostracism, name calling, and billions of dollars, nearly 4 in 10 globally are climate skeptics","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"15\/12\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"According to a\u00a0worldwide IPSOS survey\u00a0covering two-thirds of the world\u2019s population, nearly four people in every 10 believe climate change is mainly due to natural causes.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/11693c2ada99df0b1.jpeg?fit=950%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/11693c2ada99df0b1.jpeg?fit=950%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/11693c2ada99df0b1.jpeg?fit=950%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/11693c2ada99df0b1.jpeg?fit=950%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":219794,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=219794","url_meta":{"origin":233390,"position":1},"title":"Ronald Stein on the Huge Advantages of Fossil Fuels Over Wind\/Solar Power, Tom Nelson Podcast","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"20\/09\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Ronald Stein, P.E. is an engineer and Founder of PTS Advance, drawing upon decades of project management and business development experiences.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-989.png?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-989.png?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-989.png?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-989.png?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":281433,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=281433","url_meta":{"origin":233390,"position":2},"title":"Climate Activists Defend Spreading Computer Malware to Educate Skeptics","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"01\/10\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"From Watts Up With That? 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