China News Service, February 1st. According to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao, a recent United Nations climate survey revealed that nearly two-thirds of the world’s people believe that climate change is a global emergency. More actions to deal with the crisis.

　　The survey was conducted jointly by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Oxford University.

The survey asked respondents whether climate change is a global emergency, and whether they support 18 key climate policies in six areas of action: economy, energy, transportation, food and farms, nature, and the protection of people.

　　The survey interviewed more than 1.2 million people from 50 countries.

UNDP said the survey is the world's largest survey of public opinion on climate change in history.

　　Fisher, a sociologist at Oxford University who participated in the design of the survey, said: "The public's concern about the climate crisis is more extensive than we have previously known."

　　The survey shows that 64% of the respondents believe that climate change is a “global emergency crisis”.

This view is generally held by all age groups. Among them, the proportion of respondents under the age of 18 is the highest, reaching 69%; the 36-59 year-old group is 66%; the rate of those over 60 is slightly less than 60%.

　　From a national perspective, about 80% of the people in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan believe that climate change is a global emergency crisis, and the rate in France, Germany, South Africa, and Canada all exceeds 75%.

　　Residents of small island countries are most worried about climate issues. 75% of them believe that climate change is a global crisis, followed by high-income countries (72%), middle-income countries (62%), and least developed countries (58%).

Climate change will exacerbate natural disasters such as heat waves, droughts, and heavy rains, and cause sea levels to rise, putting some small island nations under threat.

　　Steiner, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, said the survey results clearly show that emergency climate action has received widespread support among people around the world, and spans nationality, age, gender and education level.

　　The poll also shows how people want their policymakers to respond to the climate crisis.

The survey asked the public for their opinions on a series of climate-related measures. The most popular is the protection of forests and natural habitats, which was supported by 54% of the respondents; the second is the development of solar, wind and other renewable energy (53%) and the use of "Pro-climate" farming methods (52%), and increased investment in green industries and employment opportunities (50%).

　　The least popular anti-warming policy is to promote plant-based diets (30%), and provide affordable insurance (32%).