Among the Republican Party candidates vying to contest Obama in the 2012 presidential election, there is a recurring theme: the idea that environmental regulation prevents job creation. While only one candidate attacked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Monday’s Tea Party Express debate, Herman Cain’s comment that the agency has “run wild” drew enthusiastic applause. [...]

The more green groups ask us to “stop flying,” the less the public believes in man-made climate change. Niel Bowerman argues there is a link. Today is the anniversary of “climategate”. It has damaged the credibility of the IPCC, and climate science in general, and yet scientists could not be clearer that the warming observed [...]

According to a recent Gallup Poll, an increasing number of Americans believe that the threat of global warming is exaggerated. In the 2009 poll, Gallup surveyed 1012 adults by fixed and mobile phone. The results found that forty-one percent of Americans doubted the severity of global warming as reported by the mainstream media. In addition, [...]

A recent survey study, by HSBC’s Climate Partnership , noted that nearly 45%of people surveyed in India view climate change as a higher priority than economic turmoil. Furthermore, the study also revealed that 42% of Indians are looking to the government  to take a lead in climate policies. Having noted before that India’s diverse topography [...]

In Bali last year, the ICC and WBCSD, as representatives of global business at the climate talks, named their one-day side event “Tri Hita Karana”, a proverb taken from a Balinese philosophy which emphasizes that happiness can only be attained if the Creator, people and nature live in harmony with each other. This year, the [...]

It’s easy to get caught up in the infectious enthusiasm of a good march, but now the energy from yesterdays’ London climate march has subsided, now might be a good time to examine their effectiveness as a measure of public opinion.

One of the difficulties with governing on the scale of the E.U. is how to accurately assess public opinion. In light of these concerns, the E.U. has been remarkably proactive with pan-Europe opinion polls. In the next few posts I’ll try to give a digest of the recent results to see how public opinion in [...]

It’s not often that business executives are the focus of opinion polls, but a survey this year by Yougov highlights some truly surprising results. Yes, the sample size is small but the respondents are powerful. 200 business executives from FTSE 300 companies were polled on their attitudes to climate change in a business context, and [...]

Voters think that Climate Change is a top priority, but it won’t affect who they vote for. Part one of this post showed how, while voters were heavily concerned about climate change, it was not a voting issue in national elections. This post will attempt to analyse some possible reasons for this paradox. Important but [...]