{"id":36503,"date":"2020-01-16T06:12:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T19:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=36503"},"modified":"2020-01-16T06:12:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T19:42:17","slug":"climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg\" alt=\"Climate change attitudes in Australia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The level of concern among Australians regarding climate change and its impacts has increased significantly due to the nation&#8217;s bushfire crisis.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Climate of the Nation is a long running-survey commissioned by The Australia Institute (TAI), gauging attitudes in the community on the issue of climate change. The latest related poll of 1,033 Australians conducted between 8 and 12 January 2020 indicated 79% of Australians are concerned about climate change, up five percentage points from the July 2019 survey. 47% are \u201cvery concerned\u201d &#8211; up 10 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-change-concern.png\" alt=\"Climate change concern - Australia poll\" width=\"686\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-change-concern.png 686w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-change-concern-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Missing from the TAI&#8217;s graph is South Australia, which registered 47%.\u00a0 As for NT\/ACT\/TAS, results were only shown only for larger states<\/p>\n<p>Other key results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>72% of Australians polled agreed the bushfire crisis is a wake-up call for the world on climate change impacts.<\/li>\n<li>48% agreed mining and burning coal makes bushfires worse, while 34% disagreed.<\/li>\n<li>79% are worried that Australia\u2019s native forests and unique wildlife will never be the same.<\/li>\n<li>33% agreed the federal government has done a good job managing the climate crisis, while 58% disagreed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTwo thirds of Australians agree the current bushfire crisis demonstrates the cost of inaction on climate change,&#8221; said TAI Director, Ebony Bennett. &#8220;The fossil fuel companies that profit from climate change should be contributing to meet the costs of climate-fuelled disasters, but currently, it\u2019s the Australian community who pays.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the case of the bushfire crisis situation, there have also been a bunch of very generous folks overseas who have seen the plight of Australians and wildlife affected and kicked in a bunch of bucks too.<\/p>\n<p>The full key findings of the latest poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tai.org.au\/sites\/default\/files\/Polling%20-%20January%202020%20-%20Climate%20change%20concern%20and%20attitude%20[Web].pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>TAI&#8217;s Polluter Pays (A Bit) Proposal<\/h2>\n<p>Last month, TAI released details of its proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/national-climate-disaster-fund-mb1335\/\">National Climate Disaster Fund<\/a> (NCDF), which would help address the damage associated with climate change and be funded through whacking\u00a0 a levy of $1 per tonne on carbon emissions associated with all coal, gas and oil produced in Australia. TAI estimated the levy would rake in around $1.5 billion a year based on current production levels.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Institute suggested the Morrison Government\u2019s $2 billion bushfire recovery fund <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/fossil-fuel-bushfire-recovery-mb1358\/\">should be paid for by fossil fuel producers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The Cost Of Inaction Coming Home To Roost<\/h2>\n<p>While an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and the NCDF would be a little like a band-aid over a gangrenous wound; it would be a start.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Moody&#8217;s Analytics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moodysanalytics.com\/-\/media\/article\/2020\/weekly-market-outlook-overvalued-equities-increase-corporate-credits-downside-risk.pdf\">said<\/a> the economic impact from this bushfire season could easily surpass the Black Saturday fires in Victoria in 2009, which cost an estimated $4.4 billion. Any argument about how much climate change contributed to the damage bill\u00a0 is neither here nor there. The situation happened (and is still happening) and it was\/is\/will continue to be exacerbated by climate change.<\/p>\n<p>And what dollar value do you put on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2020-01-09\/nsw-bushfires-kill-over-a-billion-animals-experts-say\/11854836\">decimation of our fauna and flora<\/a> along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/bushfire-smoke-deaths\/\">other impacts<\/a>; some of which we are yet to discover? What about the resulting misery and psychological scarring?<\/p>\n<p>Our lack of required action to rapidly shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources will continue to cost us on all fronts. The arguments against doing so, including &#8220;cost&#8221; and &#8220;jobs&#8221;, are looking even weaker. This isn&#8217;t just because renewables are cheaper and provide plenty of jobs, but the fact that not using them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/moodys-report-climate-change\/\">is going to be incredibly expensive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If as much effort had been put into boosting renewables such as solar power and related technologies as has been applied to resisting them; we&#8217;d all be a lot further down the path towards a clean energy future and perhaps avoid some of the fury the planet we call home has in store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The level of concern among Australians regarding climate change and its impacts has increased significantly due to the nation&#8217;s bushfire crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":36504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The level of concern among Australians regarding climate change and its impacts has increased significantly due to the nation&#039;s bushfire crisis.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The level of concern among Australians regarding climate change and its impacts has increased significantly due to the nation&#039;s bushfire crisis.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-15T19:42:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Climate Change Concerns Climb In Australia\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-15T19:42:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":613,\"commentCount\":8,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/climate-attitudes-australia-mb1369\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/climate-australia-attitude.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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