Aussies Fear Climate Change More Than Terrorism

Of all external threats to Australians, climate change causes the most concern, with 55% ‘very worried’ about it. Climate change ranks higher than the threats of ‘unfriendly countries developing nuclear weapons’ (50% ‘very worried’ about it), ‘Islamic fundamentalism’ (39%) and ‘international terrorism’ (38%).

As a foreign policy goal, ‘tackling climate change’ ranked equal highest in importance for those surveyed (75% thinking it a ‘very important’ goal) together with ‘protecting the jobs of Australian workers’, and ahead of ‘combating international terrorism’ (65%).

Asked how convinced they were about certain methods of reducing carbon emissions, 65% responded that ‘renewable energy like wind, solar and geothermal’ was very convincing, and favoured far above other methods proposed, including ‘nuclear energy’ (19% very convinced) and ‘clean coal

where emissions are stored underground’ (15%).

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