Climate change at the bottom of the list of worries for German households, the Comprehensive Eight-Year Survey shows – Will that improve?
Via P Gosselin above 21. May 2022
“Surprising results”: Germans are much more worried about the economy, peace and health than “climate change”, a series of surveys show.
Part 3 of the most recent German Klimaschau this considers five recent surveys of approximately 2000 German private households conducted since 2012 by the market research group FORSA. Surveys authorized by Leibniz Institute of Economic Research.
The results are published in a paper by Manuel Frondel et al., May 2021 in Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft (Journal of Energy Management). Title of the study in English: “Climate Change Perceptions in Germany: A Long-Term Survey of Private Households.”
The main aim, of course, is probably to determine the level of concern and anxiety among Germans regarding climate change. Are they now willing to give up their freedom and prosperity in exchange for the illusion of better weather?
One of the survey questions was: “There are many challenges that people all over the world are facing. Please indicate the level of importance you personally See the following challenges. “
Respondents can rate different challenges using a scale of 1 to 5
1 = doesn’t matter at all
2 = slightly unimportant
3 = moderately important
4 = quite important
5 = very important.
According to Klimaschauthe results were “surprising.”
Climate change was rated by 2,000 households as the least worrying. More important are issues related to health, war and social equality. Over an 8-year period, worries about climate change have barely changed, despite all the publicity of XR, FFF and Greta Thunberg.
And with inflation spiraling, energy shortages and other supply chain problems now, “climate change” is likely to have dropped even lower on households’ list of worries. German private family today, and probably very close to the end.
When survey respondents were asked to rate the challenges related to their level of involvement with their families, “climate change” really died down last.
It is therefore not surprising that the authors believe that Germans may in fact be unwilling to pay more for climate change, especially since electricity prices in the country are among the highest in the world.
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