Australian women 'extremely concerned' about climate change

Steam rises from the brown coal-fired power plant in Bergheim.

Last year was the fourth warmest on record, driven by a build-up of man-made greenhouse gases. (AAP) Source: AAP

A survey of 6,500 Australian women has found that nearly nine in ten are "extremely concerned" about climate change, and that one in three in the under-30 age group are so worried, they're reconsidering having children.


The Australia Institute's 2018 Climate of the Nation poll said 80 per cent of women say climate change was occurring now, compared to 72 per cent of men.

A 2018 Lowy Institute poll showed that 52.7 per cent of women agreed that "global warming is a serious and pressing problem", while only 47.3 per cent of men agreed with that statement.

As a result of those surveys, the Australian Conservation Foundation, and One Million Women, conducted a survey of their own female supporters examining attitudes and actions on climate change.

Alarmingly though, the survey found that one in three women under the age of 30 said they were reconsidering having children, or more children, because they are increasingly worried that those children would face an unsafe future because of climate change.

Please listen to the full report in Pashto language.


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