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Eight out of 10 Americans Now Believe the Climate is Changing, Finds Munich Re America Survey [View all]
http://www.munichre.com/us/property-casualty/press-news/press-releases/2014/141202-climate-change-survey/index.html[font face=Serif]2 December 2014 | Press Release
[font size=5]Eight out of 10 Americans Now Believe the Climate is Changing, Finds Munich Re America Survey[/font]
[font size=3]Princeton, New Jersey - Eight out of 10 Americans now believe the climate is changing, according to Munich Re America’s inaugural 2014 Climate Change Barometer survey.
Of the 1,000-plus Americans surveyed, 83 percent believe that climate change is occurring. 63 percent are concerned about changes in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. From a regional perspective, Americans living in the Northeast are more concerned (71 percent) about changes in the severity of weather events than those living in the West (65 percent), Midwest (60 percent), and South (59 percent).
“Our survey findings indicate that national sentiment over whether or not climatic changes are occurring has finally reached a tipping point,” said Tony Kuczinski, President and CEO of Munich Re America.
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Despite increased awareness of climatic issues and the long-term risks of change associated with them, the study found that Americans are least concerned about climate change (14 percent), when compared to global political instability (31 percent), an economic crisis (27 percent), or a pandemic (22 percent).
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[font size=5]Eight out of 10 Americans Now Believe the Climate is Changing, Finds Munich Re America Survey[/font]
[font size=3]Princeton, New Jersey - Eight out of 10 Americans now believe the climate is changing, according to Munich Re America’s inaugural 2014 Climate Change Barometer survey.
Of the 1,000-plus Americans surveyed, 83 percent believe that climate change is occurring. 63 percent are concerned about changes in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. From a regional perspective, Americans living in the Northeast are more concerned (71 percent) about changes in the severity of weather events than those living in the West (65 percent), Midwest (60 percent), and South (59 percent).
“Our survey findings indicate that national sentiment over whether or not climatic changes are occurring has finally reached a tipping point,” said Tony Kuczinski, President and CEO of Munich Re America.
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Despite increased awareness of climatic issues and the long-term risks of change associated with them, the study found that Americans are least concerned about climate change (14 percent), when compared to global political instability (31 percent), an economic crisis (27 percent), or a pandemic (22 percent).
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