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Related: About this forumEight out of 10 Americans Now Believe the Climate is Changing, Finds Munich Re America Survey
http://www.munichre.com/us/property-casualty/press-news/press-releases/2014/141202-climate-change-survey/index.html[font face=Serif]2 December 2014 | Press Release
[font size=5]Eight out of 10 Americans Now Believe the Climate is Changing, Finds Munich Re America Survey[/font]
[font size=3]Princeton, New Jersey - Eight out of 10 Americans now believe the climate is changing, according to Munich Re Americas inaugural 2014 Climate Change Barometer survey.
Of the 1,000-plus Americans surveyed, 83 percent believe that climate change is occurring. 63 percent are concerned about changes in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. From a regional perspective, Americans living in the Northeast are more concerned (71 percent) about changes in the severity of weather events than those living in the West (65 percent), Midwest (60 percent), and South (59 percent).
Our survey findings indicate that national sentiment over whether or not climatic changes are occurring has finally reached a tipping point, said Tony Kuczinski, President and CEO of Munich Re America.
Despite increased awareness of climatic issues and the long-term risks of change associated with them, the study found that Americans are least concerned about climate change (14 percent), when compared to global political instability (31 percent), an economic crisis (27 percent), or a pandemic (22 percent).
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[font size=5]Eight out of 10 Americans Now Believe the Climate is Changing, Finds Munich Re America Survey[/font]
[font size=3]Princeton, New Jersey - Eight out of 10 Americans now believe the climate is changing, according to Munich Re Americas inaugural 2014 Climate Change Barometer survey.
Of the 1,000-plus Americans surveyed, 83 percent believe that climate change is occurring. 63 percent are concerned about changes in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. From a regional perspective, Americans living in the Northeast are more concerned (71 percent) about changes in the severity of weather events than those living in the West (65 percent), Midwest (60 percent), and South (59 percent).
Our survey findings indicate that national sentiment over whether or not climatic changes are occurring has finally reached a tipping point, said Tony Kuczinski, President and CEO of Munich Re America.
Despite increased awareness of climatic issues and the long-term risks of change associated with them, the study found that Americans are least concerned about climate change (14 percent), when compared to global political instability (31 percent), an economic crisis (27 percent), or a pandemic (22 percent).
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Eight out of 10 Americans Now Believe the Climate is Changing, Finds Munich Re America Survey (Original Post)
OKIsItJustMe
Dec 2014
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Ink Man
(171 posts)1. This survey did
not ask if the climate change was human made.
"Therefore, unlike some other recent surveys conducted on climate change, this survey did not ask specifically about human-made (anthropogenic) global warming, but about significant change in the measures of climate."
SkatmanRoth
(843 posts)3. Please share with us your knowledge of climate change
We are all interested in the root causes of climate change, and ways to counter act it.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)2. How odd (not) that they don't link climate change
to global political instability, an economic crisis or a pandemic.