“Africa: Largest Ever Citizen Consultation On Climate Change”, 28 Aug 2015

The vast majority of global citizens - almost 80 per cent - feel very concerned about the impacts of climate change, whilst two out of three citizens think that climate action is an opportunity to improve their quality of life. These are the top findings of the largest ever citizen consultation on climate change carried out by the more than 100 partners of the World Wide Views Alliance…Key findings of the study [include] 78 percent of global citizens feel very concerned about the impacts of climate change. 66 per cent think that measures to tackle climate change are an opportunity to improve their quality of life. 68 per cent of global citizens think that a Paris agreement should include a global long-term goal to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions at the end of the century that is legally binding for all countries; developing and developed countries being at the same level…The authors of the report say that citizens at every level need to be involved for an effective universal climate agreement to be reached in Paris…