(CNN) Despite efforts from President Joe Biden to turn the United States into a global climate leader, most people in the advanced world don’t think the US is doing a good job on the issue, and China is doing even worse, a new poll by the Pew Research Center published Tuesday shows.
The poll , of more than 18,000 people in 17 developed economies, offers a detailed snapshot into concerns around the climate crisis.It comes as the US Congress is debating a massive spending bill with provisions to slash fossil-fuel emissions, and less than two months before the United Nations-brokered climate talks begin in Glasgow.Biden pushes to combat climate crisis while surveying wildfire damage in Western US Respondents expressed serious doubts that international climate efforts would effectively address the magnitude of the climate crisis — 52% of respondents lacked confidence a multilateral response would be successful, while 46% were optimistic that nations could respond by cooperating.But the poll also suggested a growing awareness of the impacts of climate change, with 72% of respondents concerned that the climate crisis would personally harm them at some point during their lifetimes.In addition, 80% said they were willing to make personal sacrifices, or change their behavior, to address the crisis.Jacob Poushter, Pew’s associate director of research and one of the authors of the report, said while concerns around climate had grown since the center’s last survey in 2015, it was still a polarizing issue in some parts of the advanced world.Read More “We do have a trend, where there’s a lot more people who are very concerned about the personal harm of climate change since 2015,” Poushter told CNN.
“This is especially true in Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia and South Korea.” Australia is shaping up to be the villain of COP26 climate talks “But there’s pretty large ideological divides on a lot of these questions,” he added.”There’s more polarization on this issue in the US, and to some extent Australia, than many of the other countries that we surveyed.” The US part of the poll was carried out in February, while respondents in the 16 other places took part between mid-March to nearly the end of May 2021.People were also surveyed in Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.That was before extreme weather events over the summer hit much of the Northern Hemisphere in heatwaves, wildfires, hurricanes and flash flooding.Though many respondents live in parts of the world where such events are becoming increasingly common.
Who cares about climate? In terms of the personal impact of the climate crisis, Germany, the UK, Australia and South Korea showed the biggest increases in the number of respondents saying they were “very concerned” about the crisis, compared with 2015 polling.South Koreans were most concerned overall, when looking at respondents who were either “somewhat” or “very” concerned (88%), followed by Greece (87%), Spain (81%), Italy (80%), France (77%) and Germany (75%).Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves Firefighters battle a wildfire near Avila, Spain, on August 16.Hide Caption 1 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A helicopter drops water as a wildfire burns in the village of Navalmoral, Spain, on August 16.
Hide Caption 2 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A man works to douse a fire in Montalto, Italy, on August 12.Hide Caption 3 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves Forest fires rage on the Greek island of Euboea on August 11.Hide Caption 4 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves This aerial photo shows a wildfire-affected area in Mugla, Turkey, on August 11.Hide Caption 5 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves Remains of an 18th-century Orthodox church are seen on August 10, after a fire on the Greek island of Evia.Hide Caption 6 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves Local youths and volunteers gather in a field and wait to support firefighters during a wildfire on August 9, close to the village of Kamatriades on the Greek island of Evia.Hide Caption 7 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves People sleep in a car near the beach in Pefki village as wildfires rage on the island of Evia on August 8.Hide Caption 8 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A resident reacts as a wildfire approaches her house in the Greek village of Gouves, on the island of Evia, on August 8.Hide Caption 9 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A house in Pefkofito, Greece, is destroyed on August 7.
Hide Caption 10 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A firefighter washes his face in the Milas area of Mugla, Turkey, on August 7.Hide Caption 11 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves People are evacuated on a ferry as a wildfire burns in Limni, Greece, on August 6.Hide Caption 12 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A satellite photo shows smoke rising from fires on the island of Evia, Greece, on August 5.Hide Caption 13 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire near the town of Olympia, Greece, on August 5.
Hide Caption 14 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves Residents react during a wildfire near Olympia on August 5.Hide Caption 15 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves The grounds of a burnt hotel are seen in Lalas village, near Olympia, on August 5.Hide Caption 16 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves People move belongings to safety as a forest fire rages in a wooded area north of Athens, Greece, on August 5.Hide Caption 17 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A wildfire approaches the Olympic Academy in Olympia, Greece, on August 4.
Hide Caption 18 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves The remnants of a destroyed house are seen in the Varibobi area of northern Athens on August 4.Hide Caption 19 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves Onlookers view the smoke from the wildfires blanketing Athens’ Acropolis on August 4.Hide Caption 20 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A charred area of Mugla, Turkey, after a forest fire on August 3.Hide Caption 21 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves Smoke and flames rise over the village of Limni on the Greek island of Evia.
Hide Caption 22 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves Firefighters work as a house burns in the Adames area of northern Athens on August 3.Hide Caption 23 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A woman pours water over a baby’s head at a fountain in Skopje, North Macedonia, as temperatures reached over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) on August 2.Hide Caption 24 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A man leads sheep away from an advancing fire in Mugla, Turkey, on August 2.Hide Caption 25 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves People watch an advancing fire that rages around the Cokertme village near Bodrum, Turkey, on August 2.
Hide Caption 26 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves Local residents watch as a Greek army helicopter collects water to tackle a wildfire near the village of Lambiri, Greece, on August 1.Hide Caption 27 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A handout photo from the Italian National Fire Brigade shows an aerial view of a fire in the Pineta Dannunziana reserve in Pescara, Italy, on August 1.Hide Caption 28 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A man surveys a fire at Le Capannine beach in the Sicilian town of Catania, Italy, on July 30.Hide Caption 29 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves Firefighters battle a massive wildfire that engulfed a Mediterranean resort region on Turkey’s southern coast near the town of Manavgat on July 29.Hide Caption 30 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A firefighter talks to his colleague as they work to put out fires in Cuglieri, on the Italian island of Sardinia, on July 26.Hide Caption 31 of 32 Photos: Europe battles wildfires amid scorching heat waves A firefighting helicopter passes in front of a cloud of smoke from a forest fire near Spathovouni village, southwest of Athens, Greece, on July 23.Hide Caption 32 of 32 In Sweden, only 44% said they were “somewhat” or “very concerned,” followed by the Netherlands (59%), the United States (60%) and Australia (64%).In the US, public views about the climate crisis did not change significantly when compared with the 2015 poll.
In contrast, Japan was the only place that saw a significant drop, 8 percentage points less, in the number of respondents “very concerned” about climate change.The decline comes as the country recorded its earliest cherry blossom season and faced deadly floods and heat waves in recent years, which scientists say are due to warming temperatures.Old vs.young; women vs.men Young adults were generally more concerned than their older counterparts about how warming temperatures would impact them personally, according to the poll.Sweden, home to the prominent youth climate activist Greta Thunberg , came out with the widest generational gap, with 65% of 18- to 29-year-olds at least “somewhat concerned” about the climate crisis affecting them, 40 percentage points higher than adults 65 and older.The US, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Australia also saw a substantial age gap in public view about the rapidly warming planet.But over-65s in Greece and South Korea were more concerned than the younger age group.
“It’s not new to us that younger people around the world are more concerned about climate change,” said Poushter.”It’s the same when we asked the question of whether global climate change is a threat — and so that’s really a consistent binding that we had.” Photos: People around globe protest climate change Protesters gather in John Marshall Park in Washington on Friday, September 20, as they take part in a global climate strike Hide Caption 1 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Thousands crowd a street during a climate protest in Brussels.Hide Caption 2 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change A student leads others to an exit past the translucent red walls of Seattle City Hall, while student climate activists protest outside.Hide Caption 3 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Amazon employees march from the company’s headquarters past the campus “spheres” in Seattle.
Hide Caption 4 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change A demonstrator representing the Amazon rainforest performs during a protest in Brasilia, Brazil.Hide Caption 5 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Thousands march through the streets in downtown Los Angeles.Hide Caption 6 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Greta Thunberg, center, walks with protesters during the Global Climate Strike march in New York.Hide Caption 7 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Protesters march through Brussels.Hide Caption 8 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change People rally in Hamburg, Germany.Hide Caption 9 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Students chant as they gather at the state Capitol in Austin, Texas.
Hide Caption 10 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change People protest in La Paz, Bolivia.Hide Caption 11 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Students take part in a rally in Kiev, Ukraine.Hide Caption 12 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Students gather on the steps of the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.Hide Caption 13 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Around a thousand protesters, some wearing outfits made from plastic bottles and bottle-tops to raise the issue of plastic pollution, march in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya.Hide Caption 14 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change People march in Sydney, Australia.Hide Caption 15 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change A participant dressed up as an injured earth marches in Stuttgart, Germany.
Hide Caption 16 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change People hold placards as they march in Lahore, Pakistan.Hide Caption 17 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Demonstrators fill the Jungfernstieg, a promenade in Hamburg, Germany.Hide Caption 18 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Protesters lie on the ground near the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in Bangkok.Hide Caption 19 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change People in Krakow, Poland, march.
Hide Caption 20 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Protesters fill a street in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Hide Caption 21 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Activists block a road in Frankfurt, Germany, during rush hour.Hide Caption 22 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Protesters march in Johannesburg, South Africa.Hide Caption 23 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Climate change protesters cross the Victoria Bridge in Brisbane, Australia.
Hide Caption 24 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change A protester wears a gas mask during a march in Gauhati, India.Hide Caption 25 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Protesters participate in the UK Student Climate Network’s demonstration in London.Hide Caption 26 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Climate protesters demonstrate in Athens, Greece.Hide Caption 27 of 28 Photos: People around globe protest climate change Activists take part in a demonstration in Lublin, Poland.
Hide Caption 28 of 28 Women were also more concerned about the personal impacts of climate change than men in the surveyed publics.In Germany, for instance, 82% of women compared to 69% of men expressed concern.Public views on climate change also fell along the political spectrum.Those on the left were more inclined to take personal steps to mitigate the crisis.The results ring particularly true in the US, where 94% of people who identify with the left are more likely to alter the way they live and work to save the planet.Eri Yamasumi, a specialist for climate strategies and policy at the UN Development Program, said the poll’s findings chime with those of a similar but larger survey she worked on with the University of Oxford released early this year.
“The Pew survey reaffirms the fact that people see a high personal threat from climate change — not only in the small island developing states, least developed countries and fragile contexts but also in many places in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific,” Yamasumi, who was not involved with the Pew report, told CNN.”Addressing the climate crisis requires big changes and it’s important to understand how the public sees these changes,” she added.Individual vs.collective action The report also revealed mixed views on having a larger, collective response to the crisis.Climate researchers have said that no amount of individual action can address the magnitude of the problem, instead governments should commit to bold, global policies that hold industries accountable for its role in perpetuating the crisis.
Many respondents were critical of how the US, which relies heavily on fossil fuels, has been handling the climate crisis.
Biden speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid tensions in recent months A median of 33% of respondents in the poll said the US was doing a “somewhat good” job, while only 3% said it was doing a “very good” job.Among US respondents, there is slightly more confidence, with 39% polled said the country is doing a “somewhat good” job, and 8% said it was doing “very good” job.
Much like the US, China also received critical polling numbers, with 78% saying it was doing a “very bad” job dealing with global climate change.Over a month after the survey, deadly flooding from heavy rainfall killed hundreds of people in the Chinese province of Henan.”Fewer are confident that the international community can deal with climate change, especially when it comes to views of the United States and China,” Poushter told CNN.”There’s a lot of doubts that those two countries, which are the two largest emitters in the world, are actually doing a good job of dealing with the issue.” Unlike the US and China — which are the world’s two largest economies and greenhouse gas emitters — the European Union and the United Nations generally received more positive opinions over their action on climate.
The results come as tensions between US and China escalate ahead of COP26, when global leaders gather to tackle a warming world and make stringent commitments to reach net-zero carbon emissions.On Friday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the two countries to avoid any problems that would get in the way of international climate talks.Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Philip Adams walks through what remains of his living room and kitchen at his destroyed home in Lockport, Louisiana, on Monday, September 6.
Hide Caption 1 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Damage is seen on the roof of a New Orleans apartment complex on Sunday, September 5.Elderly residents were still living at the building with water-soaked carpets and no power, a week after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana.Hide Caption 2 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Shoppers buy supplies at a grocery store in New Orleans despite the power still being out on Thursday, September 2.
Hide Caption 3 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Cows are herded into a pen in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, on Thursday.”All of our neighbors’ cows are mixed up in this bunch, so we’re here rescuing them, getting them off the road and out of the water,” Chris Shivers said when asked why his group was herding the cows.”They’ve been standing in the water now for several days without anything to eat or drink, so they’re under a lot of stress and have seen a lot.The hurricane is a disaster, and these cows will probably never be the same.” Hide Caption 4 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast National Guard members unload ice at a distribution center in Montegut, Louisiana, on Thursday.
Hide Caption 5 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Unattended horses are seen during a storm in Belle Chasse on Thursday.Hide Caption 6 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Tiffany Miller embraces her daughter Desilynn, left, and godchild Charleigh after the family returned to their destroyed home in Golden Meadow, Louisiana, on Wednesday, September 1.
Hide Caption 7 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast This aerial photo shows the hurricane aftermath in Grand Isle, Louisiana, on August 31.Grand Isle, Louisiana’s last remaining inhabited barrier island at the southern tip of the state, bore the brunt of the Category 4 hurricane.Hide Caption 8 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast The Maldonado family stands outside their damaged home in Barataria, Louisiana, on August 31.”I’ve lost everything in my trailer because of the hurricane,” said Fusto Maldonado when asked about the storm’s impact.”I’ve lost everything, my family has lost everything, and we’re now trying to find help.We all live in this area and now it’s all gone.” Hide Caption 9 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A dead fish lies on a road in Leeville, Louisiana, on August 31.
Hide Caption 10 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A shrimper works to salvage his partially submerged boat in Golden Meadow on August 31.Hide Caption 11 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A palm tree is bent in half in Galliano, Louisiana, on August 31.Hide Caption 12 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast People wait for a gas truck to arrive at a gas station in New Orleans on August 31.Hide Caption 13 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Destroyed homes are surrounded by floodwaters near Point-aux-Chenes, Louisiana, on August 31.Hide Caption 14 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Workers remove a tree that fell on a home in Houma, Louisiana.Hide Caption 15 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast What’s left of a home stands in Grand Isle on August 31.
Hide Caption 16 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Michael Wilson stands in the doorway of his flood-damaged home in Norco, Louisiana, on August 30.Hide Caption 17 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Homes near Norco are surrounded by floodwaters on August 30.Hide Caption 18 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A rain shower soaks evacuees in LaPlace, Louisiana, on August 30.Hide Caption 19 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A damaged McDonald’s sign is seen in Raceland, Louisiana, on August 30.Hide Caption 20 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A man rides a bicycle in front of a damaged building in Houma on August 30.Hide Caption 21 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast An oil slick is seen on top of floodwaters in Kraemer, Louisiana, on August 30.
Hide Caption 22 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Residents wave at a US Coast Guard helicopter while waiting to be rescued from their flooded home in LaPlace on August 30.Hide Caption 23 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Theophilus Charles sits inside his damaged home in Houma on August 30.Hide Caption 24 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A highway is flooded near LaPlace on August 30.Hide Caption 25 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Residents are rescued from floodwaters in LaPlace on August 30.
Hide Caption 26 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A damaged historic building lies in ruins in New Orleans’ Central Business District on August 30.Hide Caption 27 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A barge damages a bridge connecting Lafitte and Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, on August 30.Hide Caption 28 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Marquita Jenkins stands in the ruins of her hair salon in LaPlace on August 30.Hide Caption 29 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A destroyed car is seen after an apartment building burned overnight in Kenner, Louisiana.
Hide Caption 30 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A resident walks through floodwaters in LaPlace on August 30.Hide Caption 31 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Siblings watch men assess damage outside a hotel in Houma on August 30.Hide Caption 32 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A woman pushes a stroller past a boarded-up building in the French Quarter of New Orleans on August 30.Hide Caption 33 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A downed tree lies on a house in New Orleans on August 30.
Hide Caption 34 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Members of the Louisiana National Guard help with recovery efforts in New Orleans on August 30.Hide Caption 35 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A man looks up next to a section of roof that was ripped off a building in the French Quarter of New Orleans on August 30.Hide Caption 36 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Lights from a TV broadcast illuminate an otherwise dark Bourbon Street in New Orleans on August 30.Hide Caption 37 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Montegut Fire Chief Toby Henry walks back to his fire truck in the rain as firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana, on August 29.Hide Caption 38 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Firefighters cut through downed trees on a road in Bourg on August 29.Hide Caption 39 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Barges are seen docked on the Mississippi River as Hurricane Ida hit Destrehan, Louisiana, on August 29.Hide Caption 40 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast People walk through the French Quarter in New Orleans on August 29.Hide Caption 41 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet took this photo of Hurricane Ida from the International Space Station on August 29.
Hide Caption 42 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast The Royal Dutch Shell refinery in Norco is seen as Hurricane Ida made landfall on August 29.More than 95% of the Gulf of Mexico’s oil production facilities were shut down, regulators said, indicating the storm’s significant impact on energy supply.Hide Caption 43 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast People work inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC, on August 29.Hide Caption 44 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A cyclist wears a face mask while riding through the rain and high winds in New Orleans on August 29.
Hide Caption 45 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Firefighters look out the window of a shelter in Bourg on August 29.Hide Caption 46 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Storm clouds pass over a cemetery in New Orleans on August 29.Hide Caption 47 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast LaKeisha Verdin holds her 3-month-old son, Kevin, as she walks onto the front porch where her family was watching weather updates on the local news in Houma.Hide Caption 48 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A news crew reports from the edge of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans on August 29.
Hide Caption 49 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Wind blows Monroe Best’s hair and face mask in New Orleans.Hide Caption 50 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast New Orleans’ Bourbon Street is nearly empty on August 29.
Hide Caption 51 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A vehicle is abandoned in a flooded ditch next to a highway in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.Hide Caption 52 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A man carrying his belongings walks past a sign outside the Ernest N.Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on August 29.
Hide Caption 53 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A wall of rain moves over downtown New Orleans on August 29.Hide Caption 54 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast The Boudreaux family sits on their front porch as they await the arrival of Hurricane Ida.Hide Caption 55 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A man walks along the Mississippi River near the French Quarter in New Orleans early on August 29.
Hide Caption 56 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast People stand in line at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on August 28.Many residents were evacuating the area ahead of Hurricane Ida.
Hide Caption 57 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Crews reopen a flood gate to help trapped motorists who missed a closure deadline on August 28.Hide Caption 58 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Keith Clark brings a rope to a friend to help tie down a houseboat before he evacuated Jean Lafitte on August 28.Hide Caption 59 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Nikeia Washington holds her granddaughter, Halia Zenon, at a hotel in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana, where they evacuated ahead of the storm.Hide Caption 60 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast People walk down Bourbon Street in New Orleans on August 28.Evacuation was voluntary for parts of the city inside its flood protection system.
Other areas were under a mandatory evacuation order.Hide Caption 61 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Larry Ackman, bottom, helps neighbor Mike Jackson, left, and his son Cody board up windows in Morgan City, Louisiana.Hide Caption 62 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Traffic moves slowly August 28 along Interstate 10 West in Vinton, Louisiana.Hide Caption 63 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A man drives a tractor through a flooded street in Guanimar, Cuba, on August 28.Before entering the Gulf, Ida made landfall twice over Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane.
Hide Caption 64 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast US President Joe Biden speaks during a FEMA briefing on August 28.”This weekend is the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina,” Biden said, “and it’s a stark reminder that we have to do everything we can to prepare the people in the region to make sure we’re ready to respond.” Hide Caption 65 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Dawn breaks over a Hurricane Katrina memorial at Shell Beach in St.Bernard, Louisiana, on August 28.Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005.
Hide Caption 66 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Clare and Joe Cermak work on putting storm shutters up on their home in Louisiana’s St.
Charles Parish on August 28.Hide Caption 67 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Highway traffic moves slowly near Kenner as many residents fled the Louisiana city.Hide Caption 68 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Gregory Moore, left, helps fill sand bags as residents in Gulfport, Mississippi, prepared for the storm on August 28.
Hide Caption 69 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast John Guenther unloads about 400 crab traps that he had to pull out of the water near his home in the eastern St.Bernard Parish on August 27.Hide Caption 70 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Jennifer Tate fuels up a gas can August 27 in Pass Christian, Mississippi.Hide Caption 71 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast Workers stack bags of ice into a gas station freezer in Jefferson, Louisiana, on August 27.
Hide Caption 72 of 73 Photos: Hurricane Ida devastates Gulf Coast A resident hammers the shutters of a 100-year-old house in New Orleans on August 27.Hide Caption 73 of 73 And since the polling happened before many climate change-fueled disasters this summer, Poushter said that public opinion may have shifted further in the time since the poll.He noted too that the Covid-19 pandemic had limited the scope of the survey.”Unfortunately, this is only among sort of advanced economies where we know that telephone surveying works because of the pandemic,” Poushter said.
“In a typical year, we would be going to those other countries and getting a broader view of how climate change and other issues are affecting people in the more developing and emerging economies of the world.” As people around the world become more exposed to the consequences of climate change, experts say public awareness about the impacts is necessary.The state-of-the-science report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that the planet is warming faster than scientists had previously thought.Deep and sustained cuts to emissions are needed over this decade to give the Earth a chance of containing average global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, to avoid worsening climate change impacts and passing critical thresholds for many ecosystems.”People are seeing the climate crisis in their own backyards,” Yamasumi said.”Public awareness of the crisis is critical — both for education and to encourage all countries to take the bold action needed to keep people and planet safe for generations to come.”.
