Addressing climate change

Q. As far as you know, do you think Australia is doing enough, not enough or too much to address climate change?

	Jan’21	Jan’20	Nov’19	Mar’19	Dec’18	Oct’18	Sep’17	Aug’16
Not doing enough	42%	62%	60%	51%	53%	56%	56%	52%
Doing enough	35%	19%	22%	27%	24%	23%	20%	22%
Doing too much	10%	8%	8%	11%	9%	7%	8%	8%
Don’t know	13%	11%	10%	12%	14%	13%	16%	18%
Base (n)	1,084	1,081	1,083	1,089	1,032	1,027	1,011	1,022

• Over a third (35%) of people think Australia is doing enough to address climate change, the highest proportion in the last five years.
• 42% still think not enough is being done, however this is a significant drop from last year (62%) and the years before.
• 10% think Australia is doing too much to address climate change and 13% don’t know. Both figures are similar to previous years. 

	Total	Gender			Age Group				Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Labor		TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Not doing enough	42%	36%	48%	40%		41%	45%	56%		28%	69%	39%
Doing enough	35%	38%	33%	33%		34%	39%	29%		52%	17%	28%
Doing too much	10%	15%	4%	9%		13%	7%	6%		12%	7%	21%
Don’t know	13%	11%	15%	17%		12%	9%	9%		8%	8%	12%
Base (n)	1,084	539	545	341		358	385	334		431	118	106

• Greens voters are the most likely to think Australia is not doing enough to address climate change (69%), followed by Labor voters (56%).
• Compared to other voters, Coalition voters are the most likely to think enough is being done (52%), and those voting for minor and independent parties are the most likely to think Australia is doing too much for climate change (21%).
• Women are more likely to think not enough is being done to address climate change than men (48% to 36% respectively).