Italy: opinion on climate emergency 2019

Discussions about climate change and its consequences are rising, also due to Greta Thunberg's speech at UNO. Greta Thunberg is the founder of Friday for Future, a movement of students who take part to demonstrations to demand action against global warming.
In September 2019, the majority of Italians believed that climate change was a real emergency. In particular, 65.8 percent of interviewees stated that the point of no return was reached and action against global warming was urgent. On the contrary, 20.7 percent of individuals did not think that the issue was a real emergency, whereas 6.2 percent of Italians affirmed that climate change did not exist.

Discussions about climate change ad its consequences are rising, also due to Greta Thunberg's speech at UNO. According to you, are we facing a real climate emergency?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Yes, we reached the point of no return. It is urgent to take action	65.8%
No, climate change exists but it is undetectable... It is not an emergency	20.7%
No, climate chage does not exist	6.2%
Do not kow/do not answer	7.3%

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Release date

October 2019

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

September 27, 2019

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

The source combined both CATI und CAWI methodologies.
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Si parla sempre di più, anche a seguito dell’intervento di Greta Thunberg all’ONU, dei cambiamenti climatici e delle loro conseguenze. Secondo Lei, ad oggi, siamo in presenza di una reale emergenza riguardante il clima?".

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