{"id":578329,"date":"2025-11-18T13:15:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/578329\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:15:18","slug":"as-cop30-continues-what-are-european-citizens-views-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/578329\/","title":{"rendered":"As COP30 continues, what are European citizens&#8217; views on climate change?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The majority of people in Denmark (69%), France (73%), Italy (76%), Spain (74%), Germany (63%), and the UK (62%) are concerned about climate change and its effects, according to a new YouGov survey. <\/p>\n<p>However, Germans and the British are the most likely, out of the countries surveyed, to say that they are not worried about climate change. <\/p>\n<p>Europe is the third-largest emitter of CO2 from fuel combustion globally, with Germany and the UK occupying the first and third places, respectively, in the regional top three, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/regions\/europe\/emissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>International Energy Agency (IEA)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The YouGov survey interviewed more than 8,700 people in five EU countries and the UK before COP30 began in Bel\u00e9m, Brazil. <\/p>\n<p>The UN Climate Conference, which ends on 21 November, has been marked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/11\/15\/climate-protesters-demand-to-be-heard-as-they-continue-demonstrations-at-un-cop30-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Indigenous protests<\/strong><\/a> demanding their right to be included in discussions at the summit.<\/p>\n<p>Most respondents believe that it is still possible to avoid the worst effects of climate change, but it would take a drastic change in policy to achieve this.<\/p>\n<p>Spain supports this idea the most, at 65%, while in Germany it falls to just 46%.<\/p>\n<p>Which countries should lead climate decision-making?<\/p>\n<p>In line with the COP30 motto &#8220;Global Mutir\u00e3o&#8221;, which translates as &#8220;global collective effort&#8221;, there is a broad consensus among EU respondents that tackling climate change will be more effective if all countries work together. <\/p>\n<p>Although rich countries account for almost two-thirds of cumulative historical carbon emissions, fewer than one in four people believe that wealthy countries should take on most of the responsibility of tackling climate change. <\/p>\n<p>Most people in Spain, Denmark, and Germany claim that the EU should make decisions on climate change on behalf of all members. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, France and Italy are more divided, believing that each nation&#8217;s government should make such decisions independently of the EU. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the European Parliament&#8217;s environment committee backed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/11\/11\/european-parliaments-environment-group-backs-deal-on-co2-emission-cut-by-2040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>revision of the bloc&#8217;s climate law<\/strong><\/a>, which sets the EU27 to cut 90% greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The majority of people in Denmark (69%), France (73%), Italy (76%), Spain (74%), Germany (63%), and the 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