در بررسی انجام شده در میان 38 کشور جهان، 76 درصد مردم بر این عقیده اند که کشورهای در حال توسعه بایستی انتشار گازهای گلخانه ای خود را کاهش دهند. نتایج به طور قابل توجهی مستقل از سطح توسعه اقتصادی و اجتماعی کشورها است. از بنگلادش تا بلژیک و برزیل، 90 درصد مردم بر این عقیده اند که رسیدن به یک اجماع جهانی بسیار ضروری است. 

برای اجرای این طرح از هر کشور صد نفر از گروه های مختلف برای یک سمینار دعوت شده اند و در پایان سوالات مشابهی از همه ان ها پرسیده شده است. در این بررسی حدود نود درصد شرکت کنندگان خواستار جدیت کشورهای توسعه یافته شده اند و توقعی نسبتا مشابهی را هم از کشورهای درحال توسعه داشته اند. 

Citizens worldwide: Strike a deal in Copenhagen

Across 38 countries 76 percent of citizens think big, developing economies should reduce their emissions. Results are remarkably alike independently of the country’s level of socio-economic development.

From Bangladesh to Belgium and Brazil, a clear 90 percent of citizens say it’s urgent to make a global climate deal at the UN conference in Copenhagen this December. This is the main result of an exercise carried out in 38 countries with very different levels of socio-economic development.

In each country a group of 100 citizens – all lay people representative of the nation’s demographic composition – were asked to participate in a 24 hour meeting. At the end of the session they would answer the same questions.

Besides the general feeling of urgency, the project – named World Wide Views on Global Warming – saw 89 percent of participants saying that the world’s industrialized countries should aim for short-term reductions of 25-40 percent in greenhouse gas emissions. And a clear majority – 76 percent – wanted big, developing countries like Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and South Africa to take on emission reductions albeit not quite as deep as those of industrialized nations.

A closer look at the results shows that they are remarkably alike independently of the country’s level of socio-economic development.

The project was initiated by the Danish Board of Technology and The Danish Cultural Institute in consequence of the upcoming UN climate conference in Copenhagen. A total of 4,400 citizens worldwide took part, representing Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malawi, the Maldives, Mali, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Saint Lucia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Uruguay and Vietnam.