Climate Change

Dec 14, 2020

You have probably heard of the conception that the temperature on the Earth has increased over the last 100 years, resulting in the change of climate. What do you think, has the climate indeed been changing?

	Absolutely yes	Probably yes	Probably not	Absolutely not	DK/Refused
EU27+UK	60	30	6	2	2
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	60	30	6	2	2
Former socialist countries	61	30	4	2	3
V4	56	34	5	2	3

You have probably heard of the conception that the temperature on the Earth has increased over the last 100 years, resulting in the change of climate. What do you think, has the climate indeed been changing?

	Absolutely yes	Probably yes	Probably not	Absolutely not	DK/Refused
Malta	78	19	1	0	2
Portugal	86	11	2	1	0
Hungary	79	17	2	1	1
Luxemburg	71	23	2	3	1
Cyprus	68	26	2	2	2
Romania	74	20	3	1	2
Bulgaria	70	22	4	2	2
Slovakia	68	26	4	1	1
Croatia	62	30	5	2	1
Latvia	57	34	5	2	2
Lithuania	60	32	5	1	2
Switzerland	59	31	6	3	1
Italy	64	28	5	1	2
Spain	66	26	6	2	0
Poland	53	36	5	2	4
Slovenia	60	30	6	2	2
Finland	52	37	6	3	2
UK	56	34	5	2	3
Ireland	59	31	6	1	3
Austria	59	30	6	3	2
France	58	30	5	3	4
Estonia	50	39	7	3	1
Greece	61	28	8	2	1
Germany	59	28	7	3	3
Belgium	55	33	7	2	3
Denmark	47	41	7	1	4
Sweden	50	37	8	2	3
Czech Republic	41	44	7	2	6
Netherlands	48	37	10	3	2
Norway	38	43	12	3	4
EU27+UK+NO+CH	60	30	6	2	2

In your view, is climate change caused by natural processes, human activity or jointly by these two?

	Exclusively natural processes	Mostly natural processes	Natural processes and human activity equally	Mostly human activity	Exclusively human activity	I think there is no climate change	DK/Refused
EU27+UK	4	9	32	41	11	1	2
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	4	10	31	41	11	1	2
Former socialist countries	3	8	39	38	9	1	2
V4	3	9	38	39	8	1	2

In your view, is climate change caused by natural processes, human activity or jointly by these two?

	Exclusively natural processes	Mostly natural processes	Natural processes and human activity equally	Mostly human activity	Exclusively human activity	I think there is no climate change	DK/Refused
Cyprus	4	5	24	34	31	1	1
Norway	7	18	33	34	4	1	3
Netherlands	6	14	37	34	5	1	3
Sweden	4	9	35	35	12	1	4
France	6	11	27	40	12	1	3
Romania	4	5	38	36	15	1	1
Ireland	7	12	27	42	10	1	1
Slovenia	3	6	48	32	9	0	2
Latvia	3	10	46	34	6	1	0
Italy	4	10	28	42	14	0	2
Belgium	4	11	34	39	8	1	3
Denmark	4	12	35	38	7	1	3
Switzerland	4	10	36	39	9	0	2
UK	4	12	30	41	10	1	2
Greece	3	7	30	42	16	2	0
Lithuania	4	8	47	34	5	0	2
Germany	4	8	37	39	10	1	1
Croatia	2	5	40	39	13	1	0
Estonia	3	10	44	36	5	2	0
Austria	2	7	43	37	9	1	1
Czech Republic	3	9	34	41	9	2	2
Poland	3	11	36	40	6	1	3
Spain	4	8	28	45	14	1	0
Hungary	1	3	55	32	8	0	1
Slovakia	2	4	36	41	15	1	1
Finland	4	10	29	47	7	2	1
Bulgaria	3	6	38	44	7	1	1
Luxemburg	3	4	39	43	8	2	1
Malta	1	3	29	54	12	0	1
Portugal	1	3	22	60	12	0	2
EU27+UK+NO+CH	4	9	33	40	11	1	2

How favourable or unfavourable do you think the impact of climate change will be for the population of the world?

	extremely unfavourable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	extremely favourable
EU27+UK	21	9	15	14	9	15	5	5	4	1	2
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	22	9	15	14	8	14	5	5	4	1	3
Former socialist countries	18	8	14	16	11	18	5	4	2	1	3
V4	17	7	14	17	12	20	6	3	2	1	1

How favourable or unfavourable do you think the impact of climate change will be for the population of the world?


Netherlands	4.1
Latvia	3.91
Norway	3.91
Ireland	3.8
Lithuania	3.69
Estonia	3.65
Denmark	3.64
Belgium	3.61
Sweden	3.61
Czech Republic	3.49
UK	3.47
Malta	3.33
Poland	3.32
Switzerland	3.29
Slovenia	3.21
Romania	3.14
Finland	3.1
Hungary	3.1
Italy	3.09
Croatia	3.04
Germany	2.99
Luxemburg	2.96
France	2.92
Greece	2.91
Slovakia	2.91
Cyprus	2.88
Bulgaria	2.75
Spain	2.73
Portugal	2.69
Austria	2.59
EU27+UK+NO+CH	3.16

How favourable or unfavourable do you think the impact of climate change will be for your country?

	extremely unfavourable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	extremely favourable
EU27+UK	17	6	12	16	13	19	7	5	3	1	1
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	17	6	13	15	13	18	7	5	3	1	2
Former socialist countries	14	7	12	16	14	21	6	5	3	1	1
V4	13	7	12	17	14	23	6	4	2	1	1

How favourable or unfavourable do you think the impact of climate change will be for your country?


Latvia	4.78
Norway	4.52
Estonia	4.52
Lithuania	4.48
Sweden	4.35
Netherlands	4.34
Ireland	4.21
Finland	4.2
Denmark	4.17
Belgium	3.98
UK	3.87
Czech Republic	3.83
Switzerland	3.83
Slovenia	3.72
Hungary	3.65
Croatia	3.6
Germany	3.54
Malta	3.47
Poland	3.46
Slovakia	3.42
Romania	3.33
Greece	3.3
Luxemburg	3.27
Bulgaria	3.27
Austria	3.27
France	3.26
Italy	3.23
Cyprus	2.99
Portugal	2.95
Spain	2.79
EU27+UK+NO+CH	3.51

To what extent do you fear of climate change?

	Extremely	Largely	Somewhat	Not really	Don’t fear of it at all	DK/Refused
EU27+UK	17	33	32	12	5	1
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	18	33	31	12	5	1
Former socialist countries	12	34	36	12	5	1
V4	12	35	36	11	4	2

To what extent do you fear of climate change?

	Extremely	Largely	Somewhat	Not really	Don’t fear of it at all	DK/Refused
Portugal	22	56	18	3	1	0
Cyprus	26	39	22	8	4	1
Malta	31	32	29	7	0	1
Greece	17	45	23	11	4	0
Romania	16	42	28	9	4	1
Spain	11	47	29	9	4	0
Italy	27	30	32	8	2	1
Germany	22	34	28	10	5	1
Poland	14	40	31	9	4	2
France	20	31	31	12	5	1
Ireland	19	29	34	12	4	2
Luxemburg	17	34	31	15	3	0
Austria	20	27	32	15	5	1
UK	17	28	34	14	6	1
Switzerland	16	31	33	15	5	0
Slovakia	5	34	44	11	4	2
Bulgaria	8	27	44	13	8	0
Hungary	11	24	45	14	6	0
Denmark	9	26	42	16	6	1
Slovenia	8	26	47	14	4	1
Czech Republic	11	26	40	17	4	2
Belgium	10	28	35	20	5	2
Norway	9	24	38	19	8	2
Croatia	6	24	46	17	6	1
Lithuania	6	23	50	16	4	1
Sweden	9	20	38	23	8	2
Netherlands	8	20	40	23	8	1
Finland	6	12	41	27	13	1
Estonia	6	17	43	27	7	0
Latvia	2	16	47	25	10	0
EU27+UK+NO+CH	17	33	32	12	5	1

Do you rather agree or disagree with the following statement: the costs of climate change should not be borne by the people, instead they should be paid by those who benefit the most from carbon dioxide emission: enterprises, industrial companies?

	Rather agree	Rather disagree	DK/Refused
EU27+UK	80	10	10
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	79	11	10
Former socialist countries	82	10	8
V4	81	10	9

Do you rather agree or disagree with the following statement: the costs of climate change should not be borne by the people, instead they should be paid by those who benefit the most from carbon dioxide emission: enterprises, industrial companies?

	Rather agree	Rather disagree	DK/Refused
Hungary	93	4	3
Croatia	89	7	4
Slovenia	86	8	6
Slovakia	84	8	8
Spain	85	8	7
Austria	84	9	7
Portugal	85	10	5
Luxemburg	83	8	9
Romania	84	9	7
Germany	81	10	9
Italy	81	10	9
Switzerland	82	11	7
Latvia	81	11	8
France	80	10	10
Belgium	80	11	9
Bulgaria	80	12	8
Malta	80	12	8
Poland	79	11	10
Lithuania	80	12	8
Estonia	79	12	9
Czech Republic	78	11	11
Greece	81	15	4
Netherlands	77	12	11
Ireland	78	14	8
Cyprus	79	16	5
UK	73	11	16
Sweden	74	12	14
Norway	71	14	15
Finland	67	13	20
Denmark	67	16	17
EU27+UK+NO+CH	80	10	10

Some say that the government should take more direct actions against enterprises, multinational companies that pollute the environment; other don’t think this is necessary. What is your opinion?

	The government should take more direct actions	Current regulations and controls are sufficient	DK/Refused
EU27+UK	81	13	6
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	80	13	7
Former socialist countries	83	10	7
V4	81	11	8

Some say that the government should take more direct actions against enterprises, multinational companies that pollute the environment; other don’t think this is necessary. What is your opinion?

	The government should take more direct actions	Current regulations and controls are sufficient	DK/Refused
Portugal	93	5	2
Romania	91	6	3
Bulgaria	90	7	3
Greece	88	8	4
Malta	87	8	5
Croatia	88	8	4
Spain	85	11	4
Slovakia	84	10	6
Hungary	84	10	6
Italy	83	11	6
Poland	82	11	7
Cyprus	83	13	4
Slovenia	81	11	8
France	82	12	6
Luxemburg	81	12	7
Austria	82	14	4
Belgium	79	14	7
UK	79	14	7
Germany	79	15	6
Ireland	79	16	5
Czech Republic	77	15	8
Lithuania	77	17	6
Latvia	75	19	6
Switzerland	75	20	5
Sweden	72	18	10
Netherlands	73	21	6
Norway	70	21	9
Denmark	68	21	11
Estonia	66	23	11
Finland	57	31	12
EU27+UK+NO+CH	81	13	6

Some say that in the climate agreement, even such dramatic, long-term carbon dioxide emission cutting objectives are acceptable that, with our current technology knowledge, can be implemented only with a considerable decline in the standard of living. Oth

	As dramatic objectives as possible are needed even at the cost of a significant decline in welfare.	Realistic objectives are needed, whose implementation doesn’t impose significant burdens on the people.	DK/Refused
EU27+UK	35	56	9
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	37	54	9
Former socialist countries	28	63	9
V4	26	64	10

Some say that in the climate agreement, even such dramatic, long-term carbon dioxide emission cutting objectives are acceptable that, with our current technology knowledge, can be implemented only with a considerable decline in the standard of living. Oth

	As dramatic objectives as possible are needed even at the cost of a significant decline in welfare.	Realistic objectives are needed, whose implementation doesn’t impose significant burdens on the people.	DK/Refused
Latvia	16	74	10
Hungary	20	74	6
Estonia	18	72	10
Czech Republic	18	68	14
Slovenia	25	66	9
Finland	24	62	14
Bulgaria	29	65	6
Croatia	29	64	7
Slovakia	26	61	13
Sweden	25	60	15
Malta	26	58	16
Lithuania	31	62	7
Poland	30	61	9
UK	29	60	11
Norway	29	56	15
Belgium	33	58	9
Greece	35	60	5
Ireland	34	58	8
Portugal	35	59	6
Romania	36	56	8
Denmark	35	53	12
Austria	37	55	8
Spain	38	55	7
France	37	52	11
Germany	39	53	8
Netherlands	37	50	13
Switzerland	40	52	8
Luxemburg	39	45	16
Cyprus	45	45	10
Italy	46	46	8
EU27+UK+NO+CH	35	56	9

Some say that a fair climate agreement is needed that takes the fact into consideration that the largest polluting countries should bear the largest burden; others believe this is not necessary, and everybody, even smaller member states should take the bu

	Such solution is needed where the largest polluters bear more burden	Such solution is needed where each and every member state bears an equal burden	DK/Refused
EU27+UK	75	19	6
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	74	20	6
Former socialist countries	79	14	7
V4	77	16	7

Some say that a fair climate agreement is needed that takes the fact into consideration that the largest polluting countries should bear the largest burden; others believe this is not necessary, and everybody, even smaller member states should take the bu

	Such solution is needed where the largest polluters bear more burden	Such solution is needed where each and every member state bears an equal burden	DK/Refused
Portugal	89	9	2
Romania	85	10	5
Bulgaria	84	12	4
Croatia	83	12	5
Slovenia	82	13	5
Luxemburg	80	12	8
Hungary	82	15	3
Estonia	80	13	7
Lithuania	80	14	6
Latvia	79	14	7
Austria	79	14	7
Spain	79	18	3
Netherlands	79	18	3
Slovakia	76	15	9
Poland	77	16	7
Greece	78	18	4
Czech Republic	74	17	9
Finland	75	19	6
Switzerland	75	18	7
Belgium	73	19	8
Italy	72	18	10
Sweden	71	18	11
France	72	19	9
Norway	69	17	14
Ireland	73	22	5
Germany	71	22	7
Cyprus	71	23	6
UK	71	23	6
Denmark	67	22	11
Malta	68	26	6
EU27+UK+NO+CH	75	19	6

In your view, is it morally acceptable or not that Brussels withdraws resources from developing countries in order to finance the climate protection measures of wealthy countries?

	Rather acceptable	Rather unacceptable	DK/Refused
EU27+UK	22	60	18
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	22	59	19
Former socialist countries	19	63	18
V4	18	62	20

In your view, is it morally acceptable or not that Brussels withdraws resources from developing countries in order to finance the climate protection measures of wealthy countries?

	Rather acceptable	Rather unacceptable	DK/Refused
Finland	30	41	29
Malta	38	50	12
Sweden	26	46	28
Ireland	31	54	15
Denmark	28	52	20
UK	24	49	27
Netherlands	28	54	18
France	27	53	20
Belgium	27	53	20
Cyprus	25	59	16
Greece	25	62	13
Spain	23	61	16
Poland	20	59	21
Norway	20	61	19
Romania	20	63	17
Czech Republic	17	61	22
Latvia	19	66	15
Lithuania	18	65	17
Slovenia	20	67	13
Italy	19	65	16
Bulgaria	22	71	7
Slovakia	15	65	20
Germany	17	67	16
Croatia	18	71	11
Luxemburg	18	71	11
Switzerland	18	71	11
Portugal	16	72	12
Estonia	12	70	18
Austria	12	74	14
Hungary	12	74	14
EU27+UK+NO+CH	22	60	18

Climate Change

You have probably heard of the conception that the temperature on the Earth has increased over the last 100 years, resulting in the change of climate. What do you think, has the climate indeed been changing?

You have probably heard of the conception that the temperature on the Earth has increased over the last 100 years, resulting in the change of climate. What do you think, has the climate indeed been changing?

In your view, is climate change caused by natural processes, human activity or jointly by these two?

In your view, is climate change caused by natural processes, human activity or jointly by these two?

How favourable or unfavourable do you think the impact of climate change will be for the population of the world?

How favourable or unfavourable do you think the impact of climate change will be for the population of the world?

How favourable or unfavourable do you think the impact of climate change will be for your country?

How favourable or unfavourable do you think the impact of climate change will be for your country?

To what extent do you fear of climate change?

To what extent do you fear of climate change?

Do you rather agree or disagree with the following statement: the costs of climate change should not be borne by the people, instead they should be paid by those who benefit the most from carbon dioxide emission: enterprises, industrial companies?

Do you rather agree or disagree with the following statement: the costs of climate change should not be borne by the people, instead they should be paid by those who benefit the most from carbon dioxide emission: enterprises, industrial companies?

Some say that the government should take more direct actions against enterprises, multinational companies that pollute the environment; other don’t think this is necessary. What is your opinion?

Some say that the government should take more direct actions against enterprises, multinational companies that pollute the environment; other don’t think this is necessary. What is your opinion?

Some say that in the climate agreement, even such dramatic, long-term carbon dioxide emission cutting objectives are acceptable that, with our current technology knowledge, can be implemented only with a considerable decline in the standard of living. Oth

Some say that in the climate agreement, even such dramatic, long-term carbon dioxide emission cutting objectives are acceptable that, with our current technology knowledge, can be implemented only with a considerable decline in the standard of living. Oth

Some say that a fair climate agreement is needed that takes the fact into consideration that the largest polluting countries should bear the largest burden; others believe this is not necessary, and everybody, even smaller member states should take the bu

Some say that a fair climate agreement is needed that takes the fact into consideration that the largest polluting countries should bear the largest burden; others believe this is not necessary, and everybody, even smaller member states should take the bu

In your view, is it morally acceptable or not that Brussels withdraws resources from developing countries in order to finance the climate protection measures of wealthy countries?

In your view, is it morally acceptable or not that Brussels withdraws resources from developing countries in order to finance the climate protection measures of wealthy countries?

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