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Fri Nov 6, 2015, 06:13 PM Nov 2015

40-country survey: Majority support for cutting emissions

PARIS (AP) — A survey across 40 countries around the world found most people see global warming as a serious problem, and most of them want their governments to limit emissions as part of a global agreement being negotiated in Paris in a month.

Respondents in the United States and China — the two biggest emitters of the gases that heat the planet — were least likely to be worried about climate change, according to the study by the Washington-based Pew Research Center released Thursday.

Those in Latin American and African countries — places severely affected by rising seas and encroaching deserts linked to climate change — were most concerned.

A majority of respondents across regions said they would support cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by their governments as part of a global accord being negotiated at U.N. talks in Paris Nov. 30-Dec. 11.
http://my.xfinity.com/articles/news-science/20151105/Climate.Countdown-Attitudes/

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