As part of a global survey conducted by the SWS for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA) and WorldPublicOpinion.org (WPO), they were able to determine that 76% of Filipino’s believe that Global Warming should be addressed in a gradual manner.
Results of the overall survey said that the country with the highest rate was Australia (92%) while India had the lowest (49%). Australia’s reaction is not surprising, considering that they are experiencing one of the Australia’s worst droughts, and should be more likely to be deeply supportive of measures regarding the prevention of an escalation of global warming. What’s ironic also is that Australia was one of the country’s that did not sign the Kyoto Protocol that agreed on in order to put a Worldwide cap on Carbon Emissions.
What’s interesting to note on the survey is the SWS observation that Education plays a key role in the opinion of those who think that drastic action is needed in order to curb Global Warming. Proving that public education on the threats and gravity of global warning is still the best key to getting mass support to the cause.
Education likewise strengthens the response to global warming, with 35% of the college graduates endorsing taking urgent actions to address it even if it entails significant costs, compared to 26% of those who had some college education, 25% of those who had some high school and 25% of non-elementary graduates.
So its nice to know that the Philippine President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, remarked in her Philippine Earth Day speech that she had instructed the Philippine Department of Education to make Global Warming Awareness a part of the Curriculum for the coming school year:
I am directing the Department of Education to incorporate subjects dealing with global warming and climate change into the public school Science curriculum subjects. We want our young to be aware of global warming and other climate change phenomena.[source]
The United States, which is the no. 1 carbon emitter came in at 80%. China which is poised to overtake the US in a few years as the No. 1 polluter came with an 83% acceptance.
Methodology for the survey:
Social Weather Survey used face-to-face interviews of a national sample of 1,200 statistically representative households (300 each in Metro Manila, the Balance of Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao), from 240 geographical spots selected from all regions. Error margins of ±3% for national percentages and ±6% for regional percentages should be applied.[source]
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