Special Eurobarometer 322: Europeans'attitudes towards climate change

This report presents the results of a survey on the attitudes of Europeans' towards climate change which was carried out in late August and September 2009.
This survey mapped the opinion of Europeans on a range of climate change related topics, and in particular covers:
covers 31 countries or territories: The 27 EU
Member States, the three candidate countries (Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia and Turkey) and the Turkish Cypriot Community in the area not controlled by
the government of the Republic of Cyprus. It was commissioned by the Directorate-
General Communication of the European Commission and was carried out by TNS Opinion
& Social, a consortium formed by TNS and EOS Gallup Europe.
♦ Respondents’ perceptions of climate change in relation to other world problems.
♦ Respondents’ perceptions of the seriousness of climate change.
♦ Respondents’ perceptions about the actions of local, national governments as well as the EU in combating climate change
♦ Respondents' attitudes towards alternative fuels and CO² emissions.
♦ Whether respondents feel that climate change is stoppable or has been exaggerated, and what impact it has on the European economy.
♦ Whether respondents have taken personal action to fight climate change, and what those actions are.
♦ Perceived relative importance of the economy and the environment
♦ Europeans’ willingness to pay more for greener energy

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer