80% say climate change at least as important as defense

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Tackling climate change is either as important or more important than strengthening national defences – that’s the view of nearly 80% of the world’s consumers according to a survey from HSBC.

The HSBC Climate Confidence Monitor 2009 questioned people from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Mexico, the UK and the USA to gauge their attitudes and behaviour regarding climate change.

The results show that overall, 37 per cent believe that strengthening national defences should be a lower priority than dealing with climate change, while 41 per cent think they are equally important and only 22% believe national defences should take precedence over climate change measures.

However, a country-by-country analysis of the answers reveals a marked difference in attitudes across the globe.

In both France and Germany, at the hub of the European Union, 63 per cent of consumers prioritize tackling climate change over strengthening defences, with only eight per cent in France and seven per cent in Germany believing that defences are more important.

But in the USA it’s a different story, with 45 per cent prioritizing their nation’s defences over dealing with global warming and only 17 per cent seeing climate change as the more important issue. India is the only nation placing more importance over national defences than the US, with just 15% who believe tackling climate change should take priority.

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