Australians report climate change as a bigger concern than COVID-19

Australia experienced two public health emergencies in 2020 – the catastrophic bushfires and the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Whilst these were separate events, both have similar drivers arising from human pressures on the natural environment. Here we report on relative personal concerns...

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Autores principales:	Rebecca Patrick, Rhonda Garad, Tristan Snell, Joanne Enticott, Graham Meadows
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Climate change Public health Coronavirus Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:117a5d92a7c44538b4958366e822904a2021-11-18T04:53:54ZAustralians report climate change as a bigger concern than COVID-192667-278210.1016/j.joclim.2021.100032https://doaj.org/article/117a5d92a7c44538b4958366e822904a2021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278221000298https://doaj.org/toc/2667-2782Australia experienced two public health emergencies in 2020 – the catastrophic bushfires and the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Whilst these were separate events, both have similar drivers arising from human pressures on the natural environment. Here we report on relative personal concerns of Australians in a survey implemented during the global COVID-19 pandemic.The study design was a cross sectional online survey administered between 11 August and 11 November 2020. The setting was an Australia-wide online population involving 5483 individuals aged ≥18 residing in Australia. Recruitment occurred in two stages: unrestricted self-selected community sample through mainstream and social media (N = 4089); and purposeful sampling using an online panel company (N = 1055). The sample was predominantly female (N = 3187); mean age of 52.7 years; and approximately representative of adults in Australia for age, location, state and area disadvantage (IRSD quintiles). Climate change was very much a problem for 66.3% of the sample, while COVID-19 was ranked at the same level by only 25.3%. Three times as many participants reported that climate change was very much a problem than COVID-19, despite responding at a time when Australians were experiencing Stage 2 through 4 lockdowns. Demographic differences relating to relative personal concerns are discussed. Even in the midst of the uncertainty of a public health pandemic, Australians report that climate change is their most significant personal problem. Australia needs to apply an evidence-based public health approach to climate change, like it did for the pandemic, which will address the climate change concerns of Australians.Rebecca PatrickRhonda GaradTristan SnellJoanne EnticottGraham MeadowsElsevierarticleClimate changePublic healthCoronavirusPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270Meteorology. ClimatologyQC851-999ENThe Journal of Climate Change and Health, Vol 3, Iss , Pp 100032- (2021)
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topic	Climate change Public health Coronavirus Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999
spellingShingle	Climate change Public health Coronavirus Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Meteorology. Climatology QC851-999 Rebecca Patrick Rhonda Garad Tristan Snell Joanne Enticott Graham Meadows Australians report climate change as a bigger concern than COVID-19
description	Australia experienced two public health emergencies in 2020 – the catastrophic bushfires and the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Whilst these were separate events, both have similar drivers arising from human pressures on the natural environment. Here we report on relative personal concerns of Australians in a survey implemented during the global COVID-19 pandemic.The study design was a cross sectional online survey administered between 11 August and 11 November 2020. The setting was an Australia-wide online population involving 5483 individuals aged ≥18 residing in Australia. Recruitment occurred in two stages: unrestricted self-selected community sample through mainstream and social media (N = 4089); and purposeful sampling using an online panel company (N = 1055). The sample was predominantly female (N = 3187); mean age of 52.7 years; and approximately representative of adults in Australia for age, location, state and area disadvantage (IRSD quintiles). Climate change was very much a problem for 66.3% of the sample, while COVID-19 was ranked at the same level by only 25.3%. Three times as many participants reported that climate change was very much a problem than COVID-19, despite responding at a time when Australians were experiencing Stage 2 through 4 lockdowns. Demographic differences relating to relative personal concerns are discussed. Even in the midst of the uncertainty of a public health pandemic, Australians report that climate change is their most significant personal problem. Australia needs to apply an evidence-based public health approach to climate change, like it did for the pandemic, which will address the climate change concerns of Australians.
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Australians report climate change as a bigger concern than COVID-19

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