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Climate change scepticism not as common as you think

An eye-opening report reveals a high level of concern among Australians about the immediate and future climate change impacts.

The research found 74% of respondents believe the world’s climate is changing, with a further 8% reporting that they don’t know.

When asked about the causes of climate change, 90% of respondents accepted some level of human causality. Only 5% of respondents thought that climate change was entirely caused by natural processes.

The sceptics make a minority group, with 5.8% of respondents characterised as disbelievers.

Read more at Griffith University

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