Polls Defy Alarmists

The degree of skepticism over human caused global warming will shock the settled science catastrophists

The World Climate Declaration points out that since emerging from the Little Ice Age in the mid-19th century, the world has warmed significantly less than predicted by the UN's International Panel and Climate Change models. The declaration argues Earth's climate has varied, with cold and warm periods, for as long as the planet has existed, and it is 'no surprise that we are experiencing a period of warming.' ² A huge international survey measuring public concern about the threat of climate change appears to indicate growing scepticism across the globe. The Gallup Risk Poll, which questioned 125,000 people in 121 countries, reported that less than half of those surveyed saw anthropogenic climate change as a very serious threat. There is now, it appears, a consensus of sceptics.³ In another survey, as many as 37% of the population of 30 countries are still willing to tell a pollster that they think climate change was 'mainly caused by natural phenomena'. The poll was conducted by EDE, the French state owned electricity giant. The degree of skepticism over human caused global warming will shock the settled science catastrophists, who use constant scare tactics to promote the command-and-control Net Zero agenda. ⁴

Promoters of the spurious 'settled science' narrative

For years, the promoters of the spurious 'settled science' narrative have claimed that there is a 97.99% consensus among scientists about humans causing climate change. The claim is meaningless since it fails to address differences in the extent of human involvement and how harmful the warming is thought to be. A recently published survey of top-level climate scientists found that just over five in 10 attributed the human contribution to recent climate change to be 75% or above. Only around four in 10 scientists believed that the frequency and severity of extreme weather events had increased significantly in recent years. The survey was conducted in September and October by the North American based Fairleigh Dickinson University.⁵ Recently, four leading Italian scientists undertook a major review of historical climate trends and concluded that declaring a climate emergency was not supported by the data. ⁶ As many as 24 percent of Norwegians responded that they do not believe climate change is caused by humans. Only 49 percent of the Norwegians believe that the rise in temperature during the last century is higher than what it has been for 1,000 years. ⁷ The Chapman University Survey of American Fears Wave 7 (2020/2021) asked about ninety-five different fears ranging from topics about the environment, government, natural disasters, COVID-19, and many more. ⁸ Here are the top ten: Fear % Very Afraid or Afraid

1. Corrupt government officials 79.6
2. People I love dying 58.5
3. A loved one contracting COVID-19 58
4. People I love becoming seriously ill 57.3
5. Widespread civil unrest 56.5
6. A pandemic or a major epidemic 55.8
7. Economic financial collapse 54.8
8. Cyber-terrorism 51
9. Pollution of oceans, rivers and lakes 50.8
10. Biological warfare 49.3

Environmental concerns diminishing

In the face of a multitude of other fears and growing concerns, it seems as if environmental issues have taken a back seat. Fears of pollution of oceans, rivers and lakes have dropped in rank from second in previous years to ninth place, losing nearly 18% of Americans. This trend can also be seen as 23.7% of respondents are now very afraid of climate change, down 13% from 2019. A similar sort of drop can be seen in those who are very afraid of pollution of the air (down 14%) and drinking water (down 18%). In general, it seems as if Americans are less afraid of concerns involving the environment than they were in the years before.

References

1. Art Moore, "1,200 scientists, scholars: There is no climate emergency," clarkcountytoday.com, August 19, 2022
2. Global Climate Intelligence Group, "World Climate Declaration, There is no climate emergency," clintel.org, October 2022
3. Philip Patrick, "At last, skeptics are shunning the climate scaremongers," principia-scientific.com, November 7, 2022
4. Joanne Nova, "Despite ostracism, name calling, and billions of dollars, globally nearly 4 in 10 are climate skeptics," joannenova.com.au, December 12, 2022
5. "Climate Change Study," The Heartland Institute, October 2022
6. Chris Morrison, "Climate emergency not supported by data, say four leading Italian scientists," dailyskeptic.org, September 14, 2022
7. "EU study: one in four Norwegians do not believe that climate change is caused by humans," sciencenorway.no, June 30, 2022
8. Roxy Amirazizi, America's top fears 2020/2021" chapman.edu.2022