The Spanish are, along with the Cypriots, European citizens are more concerned about climate change and global warming, issues of concern to the vast majority of citizens of the European Union (EU).
“According to a Eurobarometer survey published today, seven out of ten Spanish is very concerned about climate change, while 23 percent feel some anxiety and only 7 percent say not worried at all.
At European level, half of the Citizens are very concerned about this issue and 37 percent say partially pregnant. By region, the southern European countries, most affected by phenomena such as drought, are the most frightened by climate change because, after Spain and Cyprus, listed here, Malta, Greece, Portugal, Romania and Italy.
In addition, Spanish citizens are more aware in Europe which has negative impact on the climate the way we produce and consume energy in their country because 63 percent of respondents consider that the effect is very harmful. Most Europeans know, moreover, that climate change will force them to change their energy consumption habits in the next ten years (76%) to be fitted with equipment that consume less (72%) and prices energy will grow significantly (68%).
As alternatives, EU citizens resoundingly favor renewable energy, with 83 percent of the respondents was in favor of imposing a minimum percentage of such sources in EU countries, a figure that rises to 90 percent in the case of Spain. This will be one of the issues that the EU leaders will discuss at their summit this week will meet in Brussels after the European Commission proposal to set a binding percentage of 20 percent use of renewables by 2020.
The 27 are divided between advocates of making it mandatory that goal-among which is Spain, and those who prefer to be only voluntary. Nuclear power raises, however, the rejection of 61 percent of Europeans believe that their use should be reduced, compared with 30 percent who believed the opposite.
Regarding the responsibility for the policies on energy and environment, the majority of citizens believe that decisions should be taken at EU level. In this sense, are also favorable to develop mechanisms of solidarity between EU Member States, so that in case of a crisis in the supply of oil or gas, the countries concerned may have backups of your community partners. ” Source: EFE
