New Delhi
Nearly four in five Indians support criminalising actions by government officials or people in big businesses that cause serious harm to nature and the climate, a new survey has found.
The Global Commons Survey 2024, conducted by Ipsos UK and commissioned by Earth4All and the Global Commons Alliance (GCA), also revealed that nearly three in five (61 per cent) Indians believe the government is doing enough to tackle climate change and environmental damage. Of these, 90 per cent are concerned about the current state of nature.
73 percent of survey respondents believe the Earth is approaching a point of environmental change where climate or natural systems, such as rainforests and glaciers, could change abruptly or become more difficult to stabilize in the future.
According to the survey, 57 per cent of people believe that new technologies can solve environmental problems without significant changes to personal lifestyles, while 54 per cent believe that many claims about environmental threats are exaggerated.
Nearly four out of five Indians believe that human health and well-being is closely linked to the health and well-being of nature.
According to the survey, 77 percent of people said that nature has already been damaged so much that it can no longer meet human needs in the long run.
The survey covered 1,000 participants aged 18 to 75 from 18 G20 countries – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the UK and the US, and four non-G20 countries – Austria, Denmark, Kenya and Sweden.
