Report · Nov 11, 2025
Climate Change and Energy in the Indonesian Mind
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Hilyatuz Zakiyyah, Jennifer Carman, Seth Rosenthal, Emily Goddard, Marija Verner, Emily Richards and Jennifer Marlon
Filed under: Behaviors & Actions, Beliefs & Attitudes and Policy & Politics
2. Perceived Risks of Climate Change
2.1 A large majority of Indonesians are worried about climate change.
A large majority of Indonesians (83%) say they are either “very worried” (33%) or “somewhat worried” (50%) about climate change. By contrast, only 16% say they are either “not very worried” (13%) or “not at all worried” (3%) about it.
2.2 Most Indonesians say climate change will cause harm.
Majorities of Indonesians say climate change will cause either a “great deal” or a “moderate amount” of harm to flora and fauna (78%), future generations (78%), people in Indonesia (77%), and them personally (60%).
2.3 About three in ten Indonesians think people in Indonesia are already being harmed by climate change.
About three in ten Indonesians (29%) think people in Indonesia are being harmed by climate change “right now.” Many others think Indonesians will be harmed within 10 years (26%), 25 years (12%), 50 years (8%), or 100 years (3%). Only 3% think climate change will never harm people in Indonesia, while 18% say they don’t know.