A total of 4098 inhabitants of the Czech Republic, UK and Poland aged 18 to 69 were interviewed during the survey, whose goal was to find out:
- how well the inhabitants of individual countries are informed about climate change issues
- whether the inhabitants of all three countries identify themselves with the emission reduction targets of the European Union
- whether the inhabitants believe in achieving the targets
Czechs seem to be the most informed. For example, the goal of reducing emissions by 20% by 2020 is acceptable for 69% of Czechs, 60% of Poles and 59% of the British. Czechs are the most sceptical.
There are a number of tools and mechanisms to reduce the emissions: for example, stricter technical standards for the energy sector, subsidies for energy savings, building insulation, special taxes and surcharges, or emission trading.
Attitudes to various tools differ in the three countries, as do preferences regarding the distribution of costs among individual EU countries and their inhabitants. The British are the most willing to contribute to emission reduction, the Czechs are less willing, while the willingness of the Poles is practically zero.
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