{"id":9157,"date":"2013-01-02T15:22:17","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T15:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rtcc.org\/?p=9157"},"modified":"2013-01-02T15:32:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T15:32:34","slug":"80-of-iranians-are-concerned-about-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2013\/01\/02\/80-of-iranians-are-concerned-about-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"80% of Iranians are concerned about climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There were some, not entirely discouraging, signs of Middle East nation\u2019s attitudes to climate change at the UN talks in Doha.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Outside the <a title=\"Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain &amp; UAE make mysterious climate pledge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/qatar-saudi-arabia-bahrain-uae-make-mysterious-climate-pledge\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arab world<\/a> however, it is less clear. Iran is the world\u2019s eighth largest emitter of greenhouse gases ahead of the United Kingdom, Mexico and South Korea but very little is known about its attitude to reducing its emissions.<\/p>\n<p>A UAE-based market research firm Conovi, which focuses on Iran has released the results of a survey on the nation\u2019s attitudes to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>With 80% saying they were concerned about climate change, Iranians demonstrate a similar level of concern as <a title=\"Survey shows 77% of Americans think climate change is a priority\" href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/survey-shows-77-of-americans-think-climate-change-is-a-priority\/\" target=\"_blank\">Americans<\/a> (77%) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/environment\/2012-11\/01\/content_26979813.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese<\/a> (78%).<\/p>\n<p>The headline results also show that only 11% believe that man-made changes are already having an effect on the climate. Despite this 70% said they are making efforts to reduce their impact on the environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2013\/01\/conovi-iran-infographic-466px-wide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9158\" title=\"conovi iran infographic 466px wide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/files\/2013\/01\/conovi-iran-infographic-466px-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"2843\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New survey shows species loss and sea level rise among the largest causes for concern on climate change in 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