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Poll finds wide agreement on 'climate emergency'

A U.N. survey found 64% of 1.2 million people polled in 50 nations — all of them video gamers — called climate change a global emergency.

A British climate strike at Bristol in September 2019 (AN/Sam Saunders)
A British climate strike at Bristol in September 2019

A U.N. survey released on Wednesday found 64% of 1.2 million people polled in 50 nations — all of them video gamers — said they believe climate change is a global emergency, but that did not necessarily translate into a belief that urgent action is needed.

Only about 10% of the respondents who agreed it is an emergency said they believe world leaders already are doing enough to fix the problem. About 20% who believe it is an emergency said the world can still afford to respond slowly.

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