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Climate Adaptation Survey
The first national public opinion survey exploring how Australians are thinking about and responding to life on a warming planet has provided a unique insight into widespread anxieties about what the future holds and what Australians are doing to prepare.
The survey, developed and commissioned by Charles Sturt University’s Professor of Public Ethics Clive Hamilton, follows the 2024 announcement by Vice-Chancellor Renée Leon of the formation of a Climate Resilience Project. Professor Leon made the announcement at a Parliament House event for the launch of Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving on a Heating Planet, a book co-authored by Professor Hamilton.
The survey of almost 2,000 Australians has been carried out by Roy Morgan Research. It includes questions investigating Australians’ beliefs about:
The survey also asks Australians about how climate change is affecting their decisions to have children, and where they believe will be the safest place to live in Australia as the climate warms and extreme events become more common.
In addition to surveying the general population, the questionnaire tested beliefs of those who live in parts of the country particularly exposed to extreme weather events such as floods and bushfires. Comparison of those already directly affected with the general population should provide an indication of what lies ahead for many more as the climate changes.
The results of the survey are now being analysed and will be published in a series of research papers.
If you have any questions or comments about the Climate Adaptation Survey at Charles Sturt University, you can submit them via our enquiry form.