Q. And how likely do you think it is that the world leaders meeting in Copenhagen will reach agreement on a global approach to climate change?
| % | |
| Total likely | 19% |
| Total not likely | 74% |
| Very likely | 3% |
| Quite likely | 16% |
| Not very likely | 53% |
| Not at all likely | 21% |
| Don’t know | 8% |
While most people surveyed think the meeting in Copenhagen is important, only 19% think that it is likely that the meeting in Copenhagen will reach agreement on a global approach to climate change. 74% don’t think it is likely an agreement will be reached and 8% don’t know.
Labor voters were more likely to be optimistic that an agreement will be reached (26%) while Coalition voters were more likely to think reaching agreement is not likely (86%). 16% of Green voters think it is likely and 78% think it is not likely agreement will be reached.
Results were similar across the different age and gender groups.