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?

	Jun’21	Jan’21	Jun’20	Mar’20	Jan’20	Nov’19	Mar’19	Dec’18	Oct’18	Sep’17	Aug’16
Not doing enough	45%	42%	52%	55%	62%	60%	51%	53%	56%	56%	52%
Doing enough	30%	35%	25%	23%	19%	22%	27%	24%	23%	20%	22%
Doing too much	12%	10%	10%	9%	8%	8%	11%	9%	7%	8%	8%
Don’t know	13%	13%	13%	13%	11%	10%	12%	14%	13%	16%	18%
Base (n)	1,087	1,084	1,079	1,090	1,081	1,083	1,089	1,032	1,027	1,011	1,022

• Most people think Australia is not doing enough to address climate change (45%), with 12% who think Australia is doing too much to address climate change. Consistent with previous years, 13% don’t know.
• Fewer people now think Australia is doing enough to address climate change (30% from 35% in January).

	Total	Gender			Age Group				Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Labor		TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Not doing enough	45%	41%	49%	47%		46%	44%	64%		27%	64%	40%
Doing enough	30%	32%	27%	26%		28%	34%	19%		47%	20%	22%
Doing too much	12%	17%	7%	10%		12%	13%	6%		16%	11%	24%
Don’t know	13%	9%	16%	16%		14%	9%	12%		10%	5%	14%
Base (n)	1,087	527	560	328		374	385	378		407	98	102

• Greens and Labor voters are now both the most likely to think Australia is not doing enough to address climate change (64% respectively). Labor voters are more likely to think the country is not doing enough compered to earlier in the year (56% in January).
• Compared to other voters, Coalition voters are the most likely to think enough is being done (47%), and those voting for minor or independent parties are the most likely to think Australia is doing too much for climate change (24%).
• Women are more likely to think not enough is being done to address climate change than men (49% to 41% respectively), although men are more likely to think this compared to earlier in the year (36%).