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? 

	Oct’21	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	42%	45%	42%	52%	55%	62%	60%	51%	53%	56%	56%	52%
Doing enough	31%	30%	35%	25%	23%	19%	22%	27%	24%	23%	20%	22%
Doing too much	15%	12%	10%	10%	9%	8%	8%	11%	9%	7%	8%	8%
Don’t know	11%	13%	13%	13%	13%	11%	10%	12%	14%	13%	16%	18%
Base (n)	1,097	1,087	1,084	1,079	1,090	1,081	1,083	1,089	1,032	1,027	1,011	1,022

 

	Total	Gender			Age Group				Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Labor		TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Not doing enough	42%	41%	43%	38%		44%	44%	56%		26%	58%	39%
Doing enough	31%	31%	32%	33%		25%	36%	27%		47%	17%	23%
Doing too much	15%	18%	12%	19%		17%	9%	8%		18%	18%	29%
Don’t know	11%	10%	13%	10%		14%	11%	9%		9%	7%	9%
Base (n)	1,097	540	557	342		366	389	362		414	94	138

• Most people think Australia is not doing enough to address climate change (42%), with 31% who think we are doing enough and 15% who think Australia is doing too much to address climate change. Consistent with previous years, 11% don’t know.
• Since June 2021, there has been a shift among women, those aged 18-34 and Labor voters – all of whom are less likely to think Australia is not doing enough to address climate change.
• 43% of women say Australia is not doing enough (down from 49% in Jun’21), while 32% say we are doing enough (up from 27%).
• 38% of women say Australia is not doing enough (down from 47% in Jun’21), while those saying Australia is doing too much has increased from 7% to 12%.
• 56% of Labor voters say Australia is not doing enough (down from 64% in Jun’21), while 27% say we are doing enough (up from 19%).