New Delhi: The majority of teenagers in G20 countries believe climate change are global emergencies and especially can be treated by preserving forests and land, promoting renewable energy and choosing climate-friendly agriculture as three the top three policy interventions, showing public opinion polls about climate change released by UN Development Program (UNDP) and Oxford University on Monday.
Published before the G20 Summit in Rome this weekend, and COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, next week, polls showing people under 18 are more likely to believe this than adults, and often with large margins, such as Australia (11 percent) Points), US (10 points), and India (nine points).
In many countries such as Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Australia, making companies (pollutants) pay their pollution more popular among adults than under the 18s.
However, in India, more participants under the 18s believe in the principle of pollution payments.
On average throughout the G20 countries surveyed from October 2020 to June 2021, 65% of adults think that climate change is a global emergency, compared to higher support among 18%, at 70%.
The UNDP report notes how the results show public support for climate action is set to strengthen in the near future when climate conscious adolescents are electing ages, entering a larger labor position.
“Our findings show that younger people in the G20 want a series of courageous and broad policies from the government , Oxford University.
The most popular climate policy among the 18s in the G20 countries surveyed is forest and land conservation (59%), using solar, wind and renewable power and using climate-friendly agriculture techniques (both 57%).
The report underlines that it is impossible to maintain global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius as required by the 2015 Paris Agreement without a bold action from the G20 countries, which contributed 80% of the global economy and 75% of global emissions.
Referring to the perception of the percentage of higher young people in the G20 countries who believe that they are in “Global Climate Emergency”, UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner in a statement said, “Given that they will inherit this climate emergency, young people send messages to global leaders who are hard and clear: they want climate action now.
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