Eurobarometer survey - Environmental concern

Short description

Percentage of people indicating to the Eurobarometer Survey that environmental concerns are among the two most important issues in their country at the moment.

Meta data

Unit:

Percentage of population (sample) - yearly data

Methodology link:

Methodology

Original data

Data:

I.6.1_Eurobarometer_Environmental concern_aggregation by year_2.csv

Unit for original data:

Percentage of population (sample) - semester/quarterly data

Date of extraction:

Monday, August 24, 2015

Data source link:

gesis

Rationale

The degree of societal awareness and the prioritisation of issues influence the development of

· policy frameworks and

· market demand for the products and services resulting from research and innovation as well as

· behavioural change beneficial for tackling societal challenges.

Eurostat’s Eurobarometer (EB) survey regularly asks a representative sample of citizens of each EU member state what they think are the most important issues facing their country in the moment? The respondents can choose a maximum of two answers. We show the percentage that has included one of the following response in their answers: The Environment; The environment, climate and energy issues; Protecting the environment.

Limitations

The indicator captures environmental awareness only imperfectly as the survey is interested in the two most important issues the country is facing at the moment. Just because other issues appear more important at the time, it does not mean environmental awareness is low -- just that it may not be as high on the list of priorities. These priorities – however – do not necessarily need to be a rival relation.

The responses changed over time. Sometimes breaks in the response might be due to differences in the wording. Where two or more survey results are available per year, we averaged them. This may sometimes mask within-year differences.

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Eurobarometer survey - Environmental concern

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The indicator is relevant to the following innovation systems on this website

Agriculture and Soil sciences

Bioeconomy

Climate adaptation

Energy efficiency

Environmental governance

Fossil fuel efficiency

Material efficiency

Renewable energy

Waste and recycling

Water and waste water