Leadership About Vision How We Operate What We Create How We Collaborate Looking Ahead Data Index Sharing climate insights In addition to elevating climate The survey found: • People everywhere think We hope the findings will be experts’ voices across our climate change should be used to inform policy decisions platform, we also invest in • The majority of people in a high priority for their and priorities for governments, proprietary research that helps nearly all countries said government. Majorities in especially in many countries inform our approach to amplifying that they were “somewhat most countries in North and where surveys of this sort have climate content. In 2022, we worried” or “very worried” South America say it should not taken place before. completed our biggest ever about climate change. be a “very high” priority. global survey analyzing public The findings should also be views toward climate change • Most people say their country • A majority in almost all valuable for researchers around in partnership with researchers should reduce pollution areas surveyed think action the world, as well as a resource at the Yale Program on Climate causing climate change, to reduce climate change to inform public information or Change Communication↗. either on their own or if other will either improve or have awareness raising campaigns countries also do so. However, no negative impact on the by activists and NGOs, and The survey asked more than people have different views on economy. help journalists with nationally 100,000 Facebook users from who is primarily responsible relevant data. nearly 200 countries and for reducing pollution — • People support using more territories about their knowledge majorities in 43 countries renewable energy and less Already, the Social Progress of — and attitudes and behavior said their government is fossil fuels. About 9 in 10 Imperative↗ has used data from toward — climate change issues, responsible, 42 countries said people in Hungary, Portugal the 2022 survey to develop a and what should be done to individual people, and 25 said and Spain think their country new Climate Perception Index, address them. businesses. should use somewhat or which will serve as a tool to much more renewable energy. better understand the societal implications of climate change and enable policy makers to deliver tangible positive outcomes for their citizens. 2023 Meta Sustainability Report 41