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Reasons for avoiding news about climate change worldwide as of September 2022

Characteristic	Share of respondents
The news related to climate change is untrustworthy or biased	27%
I feel like there is nothing really new in the news related to climate change	27%
The news related to climate change has a negative effect on my mood	26%
I am worn out by the amount of news related to climate change there is these days	25%
There is too much news coverage related to climate change	22%
I don't feel like there is anything I can do with the information	22%
The news related to climate change leads me to having arguments that I’d rather avoid	16%
The news related to climate change is hard for me to follow or understand	16%
I don’t have the time for news related to climate change	13%

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Release date

December 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

August 26 to September 21, 2022

Number of respondents

2,183 respondents

Age group

18-75 years

Special properties

among those who always or often avoid news on climate change

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Markets included in the survey: Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States.

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A global study held in 2022 found that 27 percent of respondents avoiding climate change news did so because they felt news on the subject was untrustworthy or biased, and the same share avoided climate news as they did not believe there was anything new being reported about it. Other reasons for climate change news avoidance included a negative impact on the respondent's mood, or feeling fatigued by the amount of news on the subject.