Climate change perceptions
Artur Ventura
Monday, 27 October 2008 15:15 UTC
How do people perceive the climate change in different parts of the world? Is it culturally based, or do we simply have a common problem to face, with its own peculiarities accordingly to the place where we live, wether its a huge city or a small hut in the forest?
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I think there are alot of cultures who are of course more connected with the environment and their natural habitats. Tribes that have been forced to migrate due to logging and deforestation will cleary hold a different perspective on climate change than others. I think that capatilist countries contain a whole mix of less ethical, more greedy and often sceptical views regarding climate change and clearly their perspective is more relative to the countries societal opinion. If that makes any sense..
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I’d say that it is a common problem which we all share; Although, as far as I can tell, the science isn’t clear on how much of a problem it’s going to turn out to be.
Attitudes on the subject seem to be a different matter though, &, I think, do vary from culture to culture. I’m sure every nation has its CC supporters and sceptics, but it seems that attitudes in some countrys are more polarised one way or the other. -
we like to dispute it the western world, as it is inconvenient to us to change, however climate change effects the poorest countries first, and they are the ones who cant do anything about it
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