China Anxious About Air Pollution, Energy Usage
19 June 2007
The first annual World Environment Review, organized by Australian environmentalist John Dee and powered by GMI, was launched this month. In the third of a ten-part series highlighting specific findings of interest for the polled nations, we take a look at China.
- Sixty-one percent of Chinese display a great deal of concern about air pollution, and 95 percent are at least a fair amount concerned about degrading air quality.
- Concerns about air pollution are so severe that 62 percent agree it would be appropriate for developed countries to demand restrictions on carbon emissions from developing countries, including China itself.
- Thirty-seven percent think global energy use is the biggest threat to the world’s climate. Nearly 89 percent have installed energy-saving light bulbs and 85 percent hang clothes outside to dry instead of using a dryer.
- Only 15 percent strongly agree that China is too reliant on foreign oil, while 30 percent strongly disagree. Less than 20 percent showed a great deal of concern about over-fishing and the hunting of whales, while up to 11 percent were not at all concerned.
View more top findings for China from the World Environment Review »
Read GMI’s Chinese press release on the subject (in Mandarin) »
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