climate change public attitudes & government policies
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Richard Dugi ISU 103 Knowing Nature
Murdoch University
January, Sunday 2nd, 2 014
Public attitudes & government policy
Climate Change
Key findings / results 58% mostly anthropogenic
71% NO wealth to Less Developed Countries
62% NO co2 tax & cap & trade
78% Never heard of Maurice Strong or Global Conservation Bank
82% YES tax incentive for trees
Conclusion
Policies need to change and the solutions are shamefully simple
Project description Objective A survey to investigate public attitudes
toward climate change and how the results might be interpreted and used to shape policies
Results There was an overall consensus that
policies need to be changed
Project methodology
45 People
12 different countries
surveyed in person and online in 5 languages
Overview
58% mostly anthropogenic, 27% mostly natural, 15% Other
71% No wealth from MDC to LDC, 20% Yes wealth from MDC to LDC, 9% Other
62% No co2 tax & cap & trade, 22% Yes co2 tax & cap and trade, 4% Other
78% Never heard of M. Strong or Global Conservation Bank , 13 % Yes,
9% Other
82% YES tax incentive for trees, 16% No,
1% Other
Results
Survey designed to investigate public attitudes and generate debate
questions asked were not the usual questions seen previously
Links were provided about questions at the end of the survey so as to provide further information & help educate
results were interpreted and used to come to make decisions about what policies should be taken to mitigate against climate change
Objective
Project Description
Key assumptions asking people from both more
developed countries (MDC) and less developed countries (LDC) was very interesting how that effected results
Especially in the question of wealth transfer
Almost everyone was familiar with climate change however its surprising that several were completely unaware about climate change or aspects of the implications for the earth and all life forms on it
45 People in total were asked from 12 different countries. (29 MDC & 16 LDC)
5 people were surveyed in person
40 people were surveyed online using Facebook
In 5 languages
Procedure / Methodology
Causes of Climate Change
Do you think that climate change is occurring mostly because of natural solar activity from the Sun solar cycles and the Moon’s lunar cycles or climate change is mostly caused by anthropogenic, that is man- made forces of releasing CO2 and other green house gases?
Natural cycles
Man-made
Other
majority of people believe climate change is man made
main reason for choosing other was they believed it was a balance or were unsure
in reality natural forces drive the climate
0%
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Reasons for
Climate change
Natural
cycles
Man-
made
Other
Do you agree with the United Nations plan to usher in a New World Order of global governance of unelected bureaucrats and officials and the transfer of wealth from developed western nations to less developed countries as a solution to climate change?
Yes
No
Other
Most people from MDC oppose wealth transfer
People from LDC are for wealth transfer
Others were unsure
Wealth Transfer
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Wealth Transfer from MDC to
LDC
Yes
No
Other
Do you think that a carbon tax and/or a carbon cap and trade trading system are effective means of combating climate change?
Yes
No
Other
Current solutions proposed by the UN is not the answer
Does virtually nothing to reduce co2
Designed to generate $
Carbon Tax/Cap & Trade Results
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70%
Carbon Tax/ Cap & trade
Yes
No
Other
Have you ever heard of Maurice Strong aka ‘the Godfather of Climate Change’ who is set to make billions of dollars through carbon trading exchanges or The World Conservation Bank owned and set up by the Rothschild’s which is a private bank that will handle all the funds generated by carbon tax, similar to the Federal Reserve Banks?
Yes
No
Other
Only a few people have heard of Maurice strong
Virtually no one has heard of The World Conservation Bank
Others didn’t understand the question or didn’t care
Maurice Strong & World Conservation Bank
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90%
M. Strong % WCB
Yes
No
Other
Do you think that a tax incentive for planting trees is a good way to reduce the extra amount of CO2 in the atmosphere?
Yes
No
Other
Many are for reforestation and permaculture food forests
the comment was made we must think bigger
Other comment was people will manipulate the system
Tax incentive for planting trees
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Tax incentive for tree planting
Yes
No
Other
Policies need to change solutions are shamefully simple
Climate change is and always has been happening
Degree of change caused by natural or anthropogenic forces needs more research
Current solutions proposed by the UN is not the answer in the form of carbon tax and cap and trade
Small group of elites stand to make billions if not trillions of $ draining what little wealth the common man has
An overwhelming amount of people agree that reforestation is a better solution
The simple solution to climate change is a permaculture revolution
Conclusion
Climate poll
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/23/3096211/poll-government-climate-change/
climate poll
http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/
Global climate regime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag8oiQ3vjE0
Lord C. Monkton
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/01/01/ipcc-silently-slashes-its-global-warming-predictions-in-the-ar5-final-draft/
Global warming or global government
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u81qXOYfKg
Life and times of Maurice strong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhkxC1Q2FNU
Carbon tax Australia – everything you need to know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lDxp8sAIX0
Bibliography
Discuss any of the questions in the survey. For the solution see: http://www.geofflawton.com/fe/32461-surviving-the-coming-crises
Questions & Discussion