Concern about climate threats to Australia listed in IPCC report

Q. A recently released report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found that changes to the earth’s climate are “unequivocally the result of human actions”, and increased global temperatures will cause unprecedented changes to the earth’s climate unless drastic action is taken over the next 10 years.

To what extent are you concerned about each of the following threats to Australia which the IPCC has listed in the report?

	TOTAL: Concerned	TOTAL: Not Concerned	Very concerned	Moderately concerned	Not that concerned	Not concerned at all
More extreme and frequent bushfires, with longer fire seasons	81%	19%	43%	38%	14%	6%
Increased frequency of droughts in drier areas	79%	21%	40%	39%	15%	6%
Increased sea temperatures damaging marine ecosystems	76%	24%	37%	39%	18%	6%
More frequent heavy rainfall causing river floods and worse storms	75%	25%	32%	42%	19%	6%
Sea levels around Australia continuing to rise, causing coastal erosion and threatening communities	72%	28%	32%	40%	20%	8%

• There is high concern for all impacts of climate change affecting Australia identified in the latest IPCC report.
• 81% say they are concerned about the threat of more extreme and frequent bushfires (43% very concerned), and 79% are concerned about the increased frequency of drought in drier areas (40% very concerned).
• Despite having the lowest concern of the threats, 72% of people say they are concerned with rising sea levels causing coastal erosion.

TOTAL: Concerned	Total	Gender			Age Group				Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Labor		TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
More extreme and frequent bushfires, with longer fire seasons	81%	76%	85%	81%		83%	78%	87%		75%	92%	75%
Increased frequency of droughts in drier areas	79%	76%	82%	77%		84%	76%	84%		74%	91%	76%
Increased sea temperatures damaging marine ecosystems	76%	71%	80%	78%		80%	70%	83%		68%	93%	67%
More frequent heavy rainfall causing river floods and worse storms	75%	69%	80%	76%		79%	69%	81%		68%	87%	65%
Sea levels around Australia continuing to rise, causing coastal erosion and threatening communities	72%	66%	78%	73%		77%	67%	80%		64%	91%	68%
Base (n)	1,100	538	562	341		374	385	376		384	116	122