The survey shows that 68 percent believe that the climate threat is acute. And whether you divide the population by age, gender, educational level or city / country, a clear majority sees the climate issue as acute. Politically, the differences are greater. As many as 95 per cent of the sympathizers of the Environment Party and the Left Party see the issue as urgent. For those who sympathize with S, L and C, the figure is 85-87 percent. For M and KD, a little lower - 65 percent.

Among Swedish Democratic sympathizers, 37 percent see the issue as acute, and a larger proportion - almost half - do not think the climate issue is acute.

Can explain low confidence in politicians

By contrast, as many as 62 percent of voters believe that politicians do not act as if the climate issue is acute. Here, Northerners are most critical of the policies pursued.

Opinion researchers see this study as an example of a question that may explain the low confidence in politicians.

- When voters see the climate issue as acute, but do not think that politicians act as the acute issue it is, then they lose confidence in politicians and even democracy, says Torbjörn Sjöström at Novus.

The survey also shows that very few in Sweden do not believe that there are any climate changes. The proportion is 1-2 per cent in all groups except among SD sympathizers where 12 per cent respond that they do not believe that there are climate change.