Aussies “bored” with climate change, survey finds; 32 percent now climate-change skeptics; 54 percent would take no action if running the country

In Australia, an Ipsos poll published in the Melbourne Age found that Australians are “growing bored” with climate change. Only 46 percent of Aussies said that they would take action on climate change if they were running Australia, down from 55 percent last year. Nine percent of Aussies agreed strongly with the statement “I have serious doubts about whether climate change is occurring” and 23 percent agreed with the statement to some extent.

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