Growing awareness , declining action
That's according to a global Ipsos study titled 'People and Climate Change'.
It also offers fresh insight into what interventions people expect from their governments.
According to Mari Harris of Ipsos, who conducted the study across 32 nations, if individuals do not act, future generations would be failed. The government must plan and carry out those plans.
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