{"id":255796,"date":"2023-05-03T19:14:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255796"},"modified":"2023-05-03T19:14:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:14:26","slug":"guardian-yougov-european-support-for-real-climate-action-is-weak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255796","title":{"rendered":"Guardian \/ YouGOV \u2013 European Support for Real Climate Action is Weak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lots of people support climate action \u2013 but that support wanes dramatically when the proposed actions are personally inconvenient, like giving up your automobile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many Europeans want climate action \u2013 but less so if it changes their lifestyle, shows poll<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exclusive: YouGov survey in seven countries tested backing for government and individual action on crisis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Henley<\/a> Europe correspondent @jonhenley<\/a>
Tue 2 May 2023 15.00 AEST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many Europeans are alarmed by the climate crisis and would willingly take personal steps and back government policies to help combat it, a survey suggests \u2013 but the more a measure would change their lifestyle, the less they support it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Measures entailing no great lifestyle sacrifice were popular, with between 45% (Germany) and 72% (Spain) backing government tree-planting programmes and 60% (Spain) and 77% (UK) saying they would grow more plants themselves or were doing so already.\\<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even more radical proposals, such as voluntarily eating no more meat and dairy and having fewer children than you would like, were supported by between barely 10% (Germany) and 19% (Italy), and 9% (Germany) and 17% (Italy) respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changes in car use, a major contributor to carbon emissions and an area in which many European governments are already legislating, also drew responses that showed a close correlation to the impact they might have on people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/may\/02\/many-europeans-want-climate-action-but-less-so-if-it-changes-their-lifestyle-shows-poll<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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What a surprise \u2013 not. Personally I blame greens for this dissonance between people\u2019s expectations and what greens think is required to save us from the carbon demon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How many times have greens told people that\u00a0renewables are cheaper than fossil fuel<\/a>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u00a0businesses can save money by going green<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why all this talk of personal sacrifice and lifestyle changes? If green is easier and cheaper, why should anyone need to make any sacrifices?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t have it both ways greens. Either green is cheaper and better, which eliminates the need for significant personal sacrifice, or someone has been telling a few fibs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So why all this talk of personal sacrifice and lifestyle changes? 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