Outcomes of COP26 – Global and local impact

Q. How confident are you that the UN climate summit (COP26) will result in meaningful changes to address climate change and reduce emissions globally and locally (in Australia)? GLOBALLY

	Total	Gender		Age Group			Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	Labor	TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Very confident	9%	10%	8%	15%	8%	4%	8%	10%	4%	11%
Fairly confident	27%	26%	28%	30%	34%	17%	31%	29%	32%	12%
Not that confident	34%	32%	36%	32%	29%	41%	39%	32%	32%	37%
Not confident at all	18%	23%	13%	10%	16%	27%	13%	19%	22%	29%
Unsure	13%	9%	16%	13%	13%	11%	9%	9%	10%	10%
TOTAL: Confident	35%	36%	35%	45%	43%	20%	39%	39%	36%	24%
TOTAL: Not confident	52%	55%	49%	42%	44%	68%	52%	51%	55%	66%
Base (n)	1,089	534	555	336	374	379	354	401	106	125

 

Q. How confident are you that the UN climate summit (COP26) will result in meaningful changes to address climate change and reduce emissions globally and locally (in Australia)? LOCALLY

	Total	Gender		Age Group			Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	Labor	TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Very confident	9%	11%	8%	14%	10%	5%	11%	12%	4%	6%
Fairly confident	28%	28%	27%	31%	32%	22%	24%	38%	17%	27%
Not that confident	30%	26%	33%	28%	25%	36%	34%	27%	30%	25%
Not confident at all	22%	26%	19%	14%	22%	30%	23%	15%	41%	34%
Unsure	11%	8%	13%	13%	11%	9%	9%	8%	8%	8%
TOTAL: Confident	37%	40%	35%	45%	42%	26%	35%	50%	21%	32%
TOTAL: Not confident	52%	52%	52%	42%	47%	65%	56%	42%	72%	59%
Base (n)	1,089	534	555	336	374	379	354	401	106	125

• Around half of people are not confident that the COP26 summit will result in meaningful change – either globally or locally (both 52%).
• Those aged over 55 have less confidence in change due to COP26 (68% not confident in global change, 68% not confident in global change, 65% not confident in local change).
• People voting for the Greens are more confident that COP26 with result in global change than local change (36% to 21%).