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> Populations are not reacting in the same way everywhere. 55% of Australians (+24 pts) mentioned the flooding that hit their country this year. Nevertheless, t
by drekipus 4y ago
> Populations are not reacting in the same way everywhere. 55% of Australians (+24 pts) mentioned the flooding that hit their country this year. Nevertheless, their sense of being confronted with climate change is still lower than elsewhere and is not growing.
Australia is often hit with floods and fire events almost every year so they have a "everything just as it should be" feel, even if they are getting worse.
I think Australia will often be skeptical but we do have a baby state mentality so gradual changes just need to be implemented and made for us.
Just this year there's some takes of banging single use plastic for instance. (Not saying it's an effective rule or that it works, just that we've implemented it and seem to be following it)
- iamthemonster 4y agoI know what you mean about that baby state mentality but there could be some advantages as the electorate are completely relaxed with heavy market intervention. The recent gas price cap and WA's planned closure of state-owned coal mines haven't registered much more than a shrug on the average voter. Similarly Western Power's (needed) rules around limiting your feed-in to 5kW and reserving the right to remotely shut down your solar. I much prefer the baby state mentality to the other extreme, where government is paralyzed because of rabid opposition to the very idea that government should regulate.