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Confidence in collaborative climate response weighed down by inaction
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Environmental activists march along a road on Sept. 23, 2022, during a global day of action on climate change in Jakarta.
(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
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ost Indonesians believe that through teamwork, it is possible to reduce human-induced environmental degradation, but this does not necessarily translate into concrete action, a new study has found.
The United States-based research center the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC) published on Tuesday a report that found that 75 percent of Indonesian respondents were confident that their government could successfully reduce climate change impacts caused by human activities.
It also found that 73 percent of respondents said they were confident that their communities could work together to reduce human-induced environmental destruction and 71 percent of respondents believed Indonesians citizens could achieve the same goals.
The report, titled “Climate Change in the Indonesian Mind”, was based on findings from a survey conducted by the YPCCC, Development Dialogue Asia and Communication for Change and Kantar Indonesia, which investigated how Indonesians perceive climate change. The survey interviewed 4,260 respondents aged 16 years and above nationwide from June 7 to July 30, 2021, and had a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 percent, with a 95 percent confidence level.
The survey started with questions about whether respondents were aware of global climate change, and what they thought was causing it.
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The survey found that 29 percent of respondents said that climate change was occurring and believed humans were the root cause, while 23 percent said that natural events were also important factors. In contrast, 8 percent of respondents believed climate change was happening and caused mostly by natural changes to the environment, and 2 percent said it was happening but did not know the cause.
