Spanish Public Understanding and Opinion on Climate Change

Climate change is a controversial topic nowadays and one of the main worries at an international level, we jumped on the streets of Seville (Andalusia, Spain) and asked people questions on climate change to investigate Spanish public understand and opinion on this topic. Here are the results:

Question 1:

In a scale of 1 to 5, how informed are you on the topic of Climate Change? In which 1 means uninformed and 5 means advanced knowledge.

Question 2:

In a scale of 1 to 5, how important/relevant is the climate change as a global issue? In which 1 means irrelevant and 5 means very important.

Question 3:

 In a scale of 1 to 5, how much of a responsibility does the government have when it comes to solving Climate Change? In which 1 means no responsability and 5 means greatly responsible.

Question 4:

In a scale of 1 to 5, how much of a responsibility does the individual/s has when it comes to solving Climate Change?In which 1 means no responsability and 5 means greatly responsible.

Question 5:

In a scale of 1 to 5, how well do you think the (USA/Spain) government is doing when it comes to addressing the problems? In which means a really badly and 5 means really good.

Question 6:

In a scale of 1 to 5, do you trust your government to fulfil the promises they addressed in the international treaties? In which 1 means no trust and 5 means completely trustful.

Question 7:

In a scale of 1 to 5, are you implicated with the  reduction of climate change? In which 1 means not implicated and 5 means really involved.

 According to the data recollected the following conclusions can be obtained:

-The first question consisted on asking people how much they know about the topic, most people answered either 5 or 3 which means, that on average, they were really informed on the topic, that's positive in the sense that they will provide quality answers.

-Everyone agreed on how this is an important topic at a worldwide level (Q2) and that both the individuals and the government (Q3 & Q4) are responsible for dealing with it and that we should all act in favour of the reduction of climate change. However, most people don't agree in the way the goverment is dealing with the problem (Q5). Also, even if on average, some people were hopeful, most people don't believe they will keep their promises and start fulfilling the treaties and promises signed in the international treaties (Q6).

-We could consider the response to the final question relatively positive since, on average, they were involved and implicated themselves, but compared to how important they think the climate change is, this is a low amount of implication. It means that everyone consider it a important problem but that not everyone is willing to actively contribute to reduce it.