40-country survey shows most people want governments to do more to fight

He said the India’s INDCs were appreciated all over the world and called upon developed countries to pledge more for combating the climate change.

Hey, incidentally, while China’s concern over climate change has been dropping like a stone, the rate of increase of their carbon emissions has far outpaced global forecasts. In the US, 45% of people surveyed say global climate change is a very serious problem and 18% of people surveyed in China say the same.

In contrast, the consensus globally is that climate change is a pressing problem, particularly ahead of key climate talks in Paris this year.

For her part, Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary of the UNFCC, told the meeting also by video link that the report’s findings indicate that the foundations are in place for a strong agreement in Paris; a substantial slowdown in emissions growth and a foundation to realize the internationally agreed upper limit of two degrees warming.

The poll was conducted in person and by telephone with 45,435 people from March through May.

Emphasising the importance of viewing cumulative emissions by countries rather than the current annual emissions, Narain said, “It is due to the emission by developed countries such as the United States that the world has reached this state where it has to restrict emissions and global warming”. Data in all three countries suggests that Catholics are backing Pope Francis’s Encyclical released in June, titled Laudato Si, which argues that “climate change is a global problem with grave implications”.

Less than one in four are very concerned about climate change. He said the program will not impede the socio-economic development of the country; moreover, it will contribute to it. He added that the program provides for measures to mitigate climate change aftereffects and ways to adapt to them.

The report indicates that the submitted INDCs-from countries representing more than 86 percent of global emissions-will not be enough to avoid the worst impacts of warming alone, but they provide a significant foundation to build on.

Climate change affects food supply, availability, and accessibility to all individuals, including the physically vulnerable like children, adults, and people with disabilities.

In a report presented to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee in October, the Special Rapporteur then expressed concern on how climate change affects the right to food. Its government has been applauded by a few for its commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 60-65% from 2005 levels and to see its emissions peak by 2030.

Developing countries insist rich ones should lead the way in slashing emissions because historically they have emitted more pollution.

Lee also identified the “power of the purse” as another constitutional power Congress should use to make sure President Obama does not commit the United States to a climate-change agreement in Paris without seeking the Senate’s advice and consent.

Only 41 percent of Americans believe that climate change is harming them “now” and only 30 percent think it harms them personally.