Epson Global Climate Barometer Reveals Climate Change as the Top Global Concern, Technology Seen as an Enabler to Solve the Crisis
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Oct. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The results of this year's "Epson Global Climate Barometer" are in, and it captures views of over 30,000 people in 39 countries, attempting to better understand global responses to climate change. The survey reveals that while globally more people now cite climate change as a major global issue over any other, the issue that seems to be plaguing more than half of U.S. respondents most are the economic challenges facing the country, followed by climate change. As the U.S. has experienced record-breaking temperatures in recent months, with this trend expecting to continue, with more extreme heat waves, wildfires and droughts predicted in the coming years, a majority of Americans surveyed are optimistic that a climate disaster will be averted in their lifetime (52%).
- LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., Oct. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The results of this year's "Epson Global Climate Barometer" are in, and it captures views of over 30,000 people in 39 countries, attempting to better understand global responses to climate change.
- The survey reveals that while globally more people now cite climate change as a major global issue over any other, the issue that seems to be plaguing more than half of U.S. respondents most are the economic challenges facing the country, followed by climate change.
- Epson's Global Climate Barometer survey reveals climate change and rising prices are the top global concerns in the U.S.
Now in its third year, the Barometer is published as evidence grows of catastrophic climate change: with record high sea temperatures ; record low levels of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice ; and extreme climate events across the world. - "The world is acknowledging that climate change is one of the biggest and most challenging issues of our lives.