Nearly 90 per cent of Canberra residents think climate change is a genuine problem, a new ACT government-commissioned survey shows.
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Social researchers contacted 1200 households in August and September and asked about their attitudes towards man-made climate change and the ACT government's role in addressing it.
They found 79 per cent of respondents thought it was the moral duty of the ACT community to take action on climate change, while 68 per cent said they contributed to the problem and should take more remedial action. But only 40 per cent said they were aware of the ACT government's plan to reduce carbon emissions.
Environment and Sustainable Development Minister Simon Corbell said the survey justified the government's policy to reduce carbon emissions in the ACT to carbon neutrality by 2060 and to invest in renewable energy.
Asked what more the government should do, the most common responses were to provide more frequent, efficient or affordable public transport and better education on climate change.
