People worldwide want a stronger climate policy: Survey

Times of India , Sunday, October 25, 2009
Correspondent : PTI
WASHINGTON: As the governments are fine tuning their stands and proposals ahead of the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, people around the world have sought a stronger policy with higher emission cut target.

According to a global survey, about 90 per cent of the respondents worldwide overwhelmingly want the international community to take faster action to tackle the effects of climate change.

The survey by the World Wide Views on Global Warming (WWViews) also found that majority of people want fairer and more proportionate burden sharing, including 2020 emissions reduction targets for fast- growing economies like India, China and Brazil, and low-income developing countries.

While 89 per cent called for a 25-40 per cent emission cut by 2020, more than 70 per cent suggested sever penalties for the nations that fail to meet their obligations under a new agreement, found the survey conducted in 38 countries, including the US, in six continents.

About 69 per cent said prices of fossil fuel should be increased to discourage the use of fuel that in turn affects the climate.

WWViews was initiated by the Danish Board of Technology (DBT - the Danish Parliament's Office of Technology Assessment) and its findings are based on random sampling of views of over 4,000 respondents.

 
SOURCE : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/People-worldwide-want-a-stronger-climate-policy-Survey-/articleshow/5156560.cms
 


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