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  • Dr Graham Bradley, a research fellow at Griffith University who has led its annual climate action survey of more than 4,000 people, questioned whether the term “climate disruption” was commonly understood. That was a problem that could skew the results, he said.

    The Griffith Climate Action Survey carried out in 2023 found 82% of Australians agreed the climate was changing. He said about a quarter of people either denied climate change was happening or were unconvinced that humans were causing it.


    But let’s not stop there:

    General concern about climate change remains high, with eight in 10 Australians (81%) saying they were at least “somewhat concerned” about climate change, in line with previous years.

    https://phys.org/news/2023-07-australians-climate.amp

    According to the latest Climate of the Nation report, Australians have become more worried about the effects of climate change with 75 per cent of respondents concerned and that number rising to 84 per cent among 25 to 34-year-olds.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-03/climate-of-the-nation-report-australian-attitudes-climate-change/101606374

    In 2024, a majority of Australians (57%) say ‘global warming is a serious and pressing problem’ about which ‘we should begin taking steps now, even if this involves significant costs’. Three in ten (30%) say ‘the problem of global warming should be addressed, but its effects will be gradual, so we can deal with the problem gradually by taking steps that are low in cost’. Only 12% take the view that ‘until we are sure that global warming is really a problem, we should not take any steps that would have economic costs’. All results are steady from 2023.

    https://poll.lowyinstitute.org/charts/climate-change/

    Over 70% of Australians say that they are concerned about climate change and its impacts, including the potential it has to compound existing cost-of-living pressures.

    https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/climate-of-the-nation-2023/


    Basically everyone accepts the science of climate change here, around 5-10% think it’s not man made, and 10-15% think it’s not a big deal.