Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Canadians are generally unhappy with the results of last month’s Climate Change Summit

It would appear from this poll that two thirds of Canadians do not believe that Global warming is man-made. Harper is caught in the middle - pleasing no one.
Copenhagen and Climate Change: An Analysis

Canadians can be roughly divided into those who believe global warming is a fact and say it is caused by human activity (1); those who think global warming is a reality but is caused by natural changes (2), and those who think global warming is an unproven theory (3).
Those in the first group express a higher degree of dissatisfaction with their Prime Minister’s performance at Copenhagen (60%) than those in the second (38%) and third groups (30%).
Amongst respondents in the first group, 73 per cent are dissatisfied with the fact that the Copenhagen Accord is not legally binding, while this is true for fewer Canadians in the second (47%) and third groups (32%).Canadians in the first category are also more likely to express dissatisfaction with the commitment to hold warming temperatures below two degrees Celsius (44%) than those in the second (35%) and third groups (26%). Read more.

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