Nine in 10 Filipinos have experienced the impacts of climate change in the past three years, according to a survey released by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) on Thursday.
Conducted from December 10 to 14, 2022, the survey found that 93% of adult Filipinos said they had experienced the impacts of climate change during the period.
Specifically, 17% of the 1,200 respondents said they had experienced severe impacts of climate change in the past three years; 52% indicated moderate impacts; and 24% indicated little impacts. Six percent of the respondents did not experience any impact.
The proportion of those who reported personally experiencing the impacts of climate change increased by 6 percentage points from March 2017 and by 8 points from March 2013.
SWS said 88% agreed that they can do something to reduce climate risk, 3% disagreed, and 10% were undecided.
This gives a net agreement score (% agree minus % disagree) of +85, classified by the private pollster as very strong (+50 and up).
“This indicates a very strong personal efficacy to do something to reduce climate risk,” SWS said.
Seventy-six percent of the respondents think that humanity could do something to stop or slow down climate change if everyone really tried, while 23% think climate change is beyond humanity’s control. One percent said they were unsure.
The poll found that 81% were previously aware of climate change, while 19% knew of it only at the time of the interview.
Those who were previously aware of climate change increased by 7 percentage points from March 2017 and 15 points from March 2013.
Meanwhile, the percentages of those aware of solutions to reduce the negative effects of climate change were very high: 95% for planting trees in the right places and protecting forests; 95% for saving energy or electricity at home; 93% for walking, cycling, or taking public transportation; 91% for reducing, reusing, repairing, and recycling; and 86% for throwing away less food.
SUGGESTED STORIES:
Pay It Forward: A Signal of Hope from the Heart of Ground Zero
IN MAY 2017, Marawi City descended into turmoil. Clashes broke.
Pay IT Forward Brings Digital Tools to Marawi Students
KEEPING in line with the order of President Ferdinand R..
Justin Bieber returns with ‘Swag’
CANADIAN singer Justin Bieber made a surprise comeback to the.
Those who are aware of each solution reported that their families engage in the solutions to reduce the negative effects of climate change: 88% save energy or electricity at home; 81% walk, cycle, or take public transportation; 75% throw away less food; 74% reduce, reuse, repair, and recycle; and 63% plant trees in the right places and protect forests.
The survey was done through face-to-face interviews.
The sampling error margins are ±2.8% for the national percentages and ±5.7% each for Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.
