“We’re out in the masses all over the world, marching for climate justice and action on climate change.”
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Fifty-two percent say climate change is a “very serious” problem, down from 57 percent.
Despite a number of scientists remaining skeptical about the science behind climate change and a series of scandals involving the cooking of numbers to “prove” global warming over the years, as far as we can tell climate change skeptics were not invited to the summit to offer a different point of view.
Hundreds of pairs of shoes are displayed at the place de la Republique, in Paris, as part of a symbolic and peaceful rally called by the NGO Avaaz “Paris sets off for climate”, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. “The pope knows it when he came to see us”.
“We’ve only got one planet – and one shot at doing this”. “‘It’s a hoax, we’re not going to do anything'”.
After the march, the group of attendees listened as speakers addressed issues surrounding climate change.
Though the scientific evidence for climate change and the link with human uses of fossil fuels is widely accepted in scientific communities, there remains a stark polarization on the issue between both political parties. Prior to serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, he was President and CEO of New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA), and served in the New York State Assembly from 1983 to 2007.
This on the eve of the United Nations climate change conference to be attended by World Leaders in Paris.
The ABC News/Washington Post survey comes as more than 150 world leaders meet in Paris in an attempt to reach a historic pact to curb the effects of global warming.
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Developing countries like Zimbabwe that have agro-based economies depend on rain-fed agriculture and have a majority of their populations living in rural and farming areas, are most affected by the impact of climate change and are keen on fruitful deliberations. Thirty-one percent opposed such measures.
