‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realize it?

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1. A team of researchers produced a huge, globe-spanning survey that revealed the remarkable fact that people across the world are united in wanting action to fight the climate crisis but remain a silent majority, because they wrongly think only a minority share their views.

   They found 89% of people across the world wanted their national governments to do more to fight global heating. More than two-thirds said they were willing to give 1% of their income to fight the climate crisis. Crucially, however, they thought only a minority of other people – 43% – would be willing to do the same.

   The survey involved 130,000 people in 125 countries, which account for 96% of the world’s carbon emissions, and was published in the journal Nature Climate Change. People in China, the world’s biggest polluter, were among the most concerned, with 97% saying its government should do more to fight the climate crisis and four out of five willing to give 1% of their income. The world’s second biggest polluter, the US, was near the bottom, but still had three-quarters of its citizens saying its government should do more and almost half willing to contribute.

   [Read the full story here.](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/22/spiral-of-silence-climate-action-very-popular-why-dont-people-realise?referring_host=Reddit&utm_campaign=guardianacct)

2. Hey Guardian how about you report on what corporations are polluting the most or which 1% fly the most?

3. I’m gonna go ahead and guess that, like most things, it is because billionaires are putting their thumbs on scales to downplay popular opinion.

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