Report · Oct 3, 2023
Climate Change in the Indonesian Mind
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Seth Rosenthal, Marija Verner, Sanguk Lee, Matthew Ballew, Jennifer Carman, Matthew Goldberg, Jennifer Marlon, Enggar Paramita, Mardiyah Chamim, Paramita Mohamad and Matthew Daggett
Filed under: Behaviors & Actions and Beliefs & Attitudes
2. Perceived Risks of Global Warming
2.1. Most Indonesians are worried about global warming.
A large majority of Indonesians (73%) say they are either “very worried” (26%) or “worried” (47%) about global warming. About one in six (17%) say they are either “not worried” (15%) or “not at all worried” (2%) about it, and one in ten (10%) don’t know.
2.2. Majorities of Indonesians say global warming will cause harm.
Majorities of Indonesians think global warming will cause either “a great deal” or “a moderate amount” of harm to plant and animal species (73%), people in Indonesia (72%), future generations of people (72%), people in their community (67%), their family (66%), and themselves personally (64%).
2.3. One in three Indonesians think people in Indonesia are already being harmed by global warming.
One in three Indonesians (33%) think people in Indonesia are already being harmed by global warming. A similar percentage (31%) think Indonesians will either be harmed in 10 years (13%), 25 years (8%), 50 years (6%), or 100 years (3%). Only 2% of Indonesians think people in Indonesia will never be harmed by global warming. Additionally, one in three (33%) don’t know.
