CSIRO: Fewer than 50 per cent of Australians believe we’re heating the planet

The CSIRO buries the startling lead in reporting its latest survey of Australians’ attitudes to climate change:

Survey respondents were asked to rate which of a series of statements best described their thoughts about the causes of climate change (Figure 2). The large majority thought climate change was happening (86.1%), but more considered it a result of human activity (47.3%) rather than solely the result of natural temperature variability (38.8%). Only 7.6% thought it was not happening at all.

Bottom line: fewer than half the Australians surveyed think humans are changing the climate.

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