The Quaest poll released Tuesday showed that almost all Brazilians (94%) have already noticed at least one change in the climate. The survey was released one day after the opening of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), the main forum for deliberating on the global climate agenda, in Brazil.
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The most noticeable changes are more intense heatwaves (69%), longer periods of drought (42%), changes in the pattern of seasons (35%), frosts or cold snaps that are more severe than usual (34%), and more intense wildfires (32%), which is the same rate as those exposed to more intense rainfall.
Most Brazilians (84%) believe that the productive sector is responsible for the climate changes they have felt. This group includes, for example, industry, agribusiness, mining, transportation, non-renewable energy production, civil construction and others.
Furthermore, 38% blame consumer society, 29% suggest that government/public authorities are responsible, and 6% say it is neither one of them or that there is no climate change.
— Leaders from around the world are in Belem to negotiate solutions to climate change, and in the case of Brazil, this research provides high-quality data showing that Brazilians can be great allies on this agenda. They are already feeling the effects, recognizing the causes and showing concern,” said Marina Sequeira, PhD, political scientist and director of sustainability at Quaest.
The survey, which marks the launch of a new index by Quaest, called the Climate Change Perception Index (IPMClima), was conducted between July 3 and 16 and two thousand Brazilians aged 16 or over were interviewed remotely, through structured questionnaires. The margin of error is 2 percentage points and the confidence interval is 95%.
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