Another Pew survey showed that China, the world's biggest emitter, cares even less than the US about global warming. Just 24% of Chinese regard global warming as a very serious problem, making China the world's least concerned country. In the UK, an Opinium survey shows that most voters think green taxes are mainly for raising cash rather than the environment, and 7 out of 10 are not willing to pay more in taxes to combat climate change.
根据最新的皮尤调查，全球变暖已经成为美国人最不看重的政策问题。另一项皮尤调查则显示全世界最大的排放国中国比美国更不看重全球变暖问题。只有24%的中国人认为全球变暖是一个严重问题，中国也因此成为全世界最不看重全球变暖的国家。在英国，一项Opinium公司的调查显示多数选民认为环境税的主要目的是聚敛钱财，而不是保护环境，而10个受调查者中有7个不愿为应对气候变化缴纳更多赋税。