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Wealthy nations don’t care about world climate

May 13th, 2008 by Kiyani ~ No Comments

Yes you read it right. Norwegian University of Science and Technology conducted an online survey of 46 countries on every content and it revealed that the bigger a nation’s wealth and carbon footprint, the less its residents care about global warming.

It will be published in a journal Climatic Change, edited at Stanford University.


According to the report following are the nations with highest levels of greenhouse gas emissions:

  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States of America
  • Canada
  • Australia
  • Estonia

The Dutch appeared the least worried about the prospect of future rising oceans and wild card weather, even though half of the Netherlands lies one meter below sea level.

According to study author Hanno Sandvik:

If you take global warming to heart, you understand that you have to sacrifice something. And the richer you are, the less willing you are to sacrifice. It’s far more pleasant to decide that you actually don’t quite believe in the climate threat.

The least concerned nations with the most carbon pollution as well as wealth are:

  • Norway
  • United States of America
  • Ireland
  • Denmark
  • Canada

Tags: Science/Technology ~ World

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