Attitude to Scientific Evidence for Climate Change

Q. Which of the following statements best reflects your attitude to doubts recently expressed by opponents of action on climate change about the science evidence?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
Doubts are valid because nothing is certain in science	15%	14%	18%	9%
Doubts are valid because man made climate change has not been proven	29%	15%	43%	11%
Doubts are misleading because the science evidence of man made climate change is overwhelming	21%	33%	14%	36%
Doubts are misleading because the science evidence has been rigorously tested and reviewed	11%	15%	7%	27%
Don’t know	23%	24%	17%	17%

Overall, 44% believe doubts about the science evidence for climate change are valid (mainly because man made climate change has not been proven) and 33% think doubts are misleading (mainly because the science evidence of man made climate change is overwhelming).

Those most likely to think the doubts are valid were Liberal/National voters (61%), men (50%), aged 55+ (59%) and incomes under $600pw (54%).

Those most likely to think doubts are misleading were Greens voters (63%), Labor voters (48%) and those on incomes over $1,600pw (41%).