Peoples’ Climate Vote - Largest Poll of Public Opinion on Climate Action | United Nations

Hybrid press conference by Cassie Flynn, UNDP Global Director Climate Change and Stephen Fisher, Professor of Political Sociology, University of Oxford. They launch the second edition of the People's Climate Vote (PCV) - the largest ever poll of public opinion on global climate action.
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UN Development Programme (UNDP) Global Director for Climate Change Cassie Flynn said, “People are unafraid of bold climate policies.”

Launching today (20 Jun) the second edition of the People’s Climate Vote (PCV) - the largest ever poll of public opinion on global climate action, Flynn said, “Out of this survey, the message is clear: There's a huge majority - 80 percent - of people want countries to strengthen their commitment on the climate crisis. And what is increasingly striking about this is that in a moment where we are seeing and experiencing increased polarization, increased divisions over issues like trade and security, that over 86 percent of people say they want countries to put aside their differences and collaborate on climate crisis.”

The Peoples’ Climate Vote is the world’s largest standalone public opinion survey on climate change.

It serves as a platform for people to express their concerns and needs on climate change to world leaders.

This initiative, carried out by UNDP and the University of Oxford, was launched in 2021 with a first poll that surveyed people across 50 countries through adverts in popular mobile gaming apps.

The 2024 survey is bigger in terms of scope: 77 countries, representing 87 percent of the world’s population, were asked their views on climate change.

UNDP Global Director for Climate Change said, “It's very clear that people all over the world, in every single country, are living the climate crisis. Globally, over half of people said they think about the climate crisis either daily or weekly. And two thirds said that they incorporate decisions around their lives, where they live, where they work, by taking into account the climate crisis.”

She continued, “People are unafraid of bold climate policies. 72 percent of people globally said that they want to see the transition away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible, and this includes populations of the 10 biggest producers of coal, oil and gas.”

She concluded, “Our goal, again, is to really bring the voice of people to this debate, to be able to show world leaders that people are unified even when they may have differences on many things around the world. And we're on the cusp of some of these major decisions on climate crisis at the Global at the national, regional and sub national levels. And it's important at this moment that leaders do listen to this unified message.”