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Eurobarometer survey on climatic changes

70%  of European citizens believes in the fight against climatic changes

 

From a recent survey of the European Commission, made through Eurobarometer, it shows that more than 70%  of European citizens believes in the fight against climatic changes, but thinks that EU, Member states and industry are not doing enough for this purpose. Survey has been done in the spring of 2008, on a specimen of about 30,000 citizens representing the 27 member states and also the three candidate countries Croatia, Turkey, Turkish-Cypriot community and FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia).
The interviewees reckon the fight against climatic changes most urgent problem to contrast and to solve after fight against poverty, but the 41% of them believe to be not sufficiently informed. The citizens of northern Europe (Sweden, Finland and Denmark) and of the Nederland are those who believe to be better informed, while under the European average are countries with more recent adhesion to Union (except Slovenia) and the Mediterranean countries; among those there is Italy, where only 44% believe to be well informed.
As to other results of the survey, 61% says to have already adopted some measure to contrast the phenomenon, like doing separate collection of waste, reducing garbage, decreasing consumption of water or energy. 
About this helpfulness to commit themselves with good practices, the more willing seem to be the Swedish (87%) and the Slovenians (79%), while the Italians are on lower positions, with a 49% which hardly surpasses some of the new states entered in the Union (Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and Baltic Countries).
Another result is that for 56% of European citizens the fight against climatic changes can have a positive impact on economy.

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