New Delhi: Nearly four in five Indians support criminalizing actions by government officials or big business leaders that cause serious damage to nature and the climate, according to a new global survey.
The Global Commons 2024 Survey, conducted by Ipsos UK and commissioned by Earth4All and the Global Commons Alliance (GCA), also found that nearly three in five Indians (61 percent) believe the government is doing enough to tackle climate change and environmental damage.
Ninety percent of them are concerned about the current state of nature.
Seventy-three percent of respondents believe the Earth is approaching critical environmental “tipping points,” where the climate or natural systems, such as rainforests or glaciers, may suddenly change or become more difficult to stabilize in the future.
Fifty-seven percent believe new technologies can solve environmental problems without requiring significant changes in individual lifestyles, while 54 percent think many claims about environmental threats are exaggerated.
Nearly four in five Indians believe that human health and well-being are closely linked to the health and well-being of nature. Seventy-seven percent of respondents said that nature is already too damaged to meet human needs in the long term.
The survey included responses from 1,000 participants aged 18-75 from 18 G20 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States) and four non-G20 countries (Austria, Denmark, Kenya and Sweden).
The survey follows recent landmark legislative changes, including Belgium’s recognition of ecocide as a federal crime earlier this year. Similar laws have been enacted in Chile and France, and ecocide bills have been proposed in Brazil, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru and Scotland, among other countries.
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