1. January, Sunday 2nd, 2 014
Richard Dugi
ISU 103 Knowing Nature
Murdoch University
Climate Change
Public attitudes & government policy

2. Overview

Project description

 Objective
 58% mostly anthropogenic
 71% NO wealth to Less Developed
Countries
 62% NO co2 tax & cap & trade
 78% Never heard of Maurice Strong or
Global Conservation Bank
 82% YES tax incentive for trees
 A survey to investigate public attitudes
toward climate change and how the
results might be interpreted and used
to shape policies
 Results
 There was an overall consensus that
policies need to be changed

Project methodology

45 People

12 different countries

surveyed in person and online in 5
languages
Key findings / results

Conclusion

Policies need to change and
the solutions are shamefully
simple

3. Project Description
Objective
Results

Survey designed to investigate public
attitudes and generate debate
 58% mostly anthropogenic, 27% mostly
natural, 15% Other

questions asked were not the usual
questions seen previously
 71% No wealth from MDC to LDC, 20% Yes
wealth from MDC to LDC, 9% Other

Links were provided about questions
at the end of the survey so as to
provide further information & help
educate

results were interpreted and used to
come to make decisions about what
policies should be taken to mitigate
against climate change
 62% No co2 tax & cap & trade, 22% Yes
co2 tax & cap and trade, 4% Other
 78% Never heard of M. Strong or Global
Conservation Bank , 13 % Yes,
 9% Other
 82% YES tax incentive for trees, 16% No,
 1% Other

4. Procedure / Methodology
45 People in total were
asked from 12 different
countries. (29 MDC & 16
LDC)
5 people were surveyed
in person
40 people were surveyed
online using Facebook
In 5 languages
 Key assumptions
 asking people from both more
developed countries (MDC) and less
developed countries (LDC) was very
interesting how that effected results
 Especially in the question of wealth
transfer
 Almost everyone was familiar with
climate change however its surprising
that several were completely unaware
about climate change or aspects of
the implications for the earth and all life
forms on it

5. Causes of Climate Change

Do you think that climate change is
occurring mostly because of natural solar
activity from the Sun solar cycles and the
Moon’s lunar cycles or climate change is
mostly caused by anthropogenic, that is
man- made forces of releasing CO2 and
other green house gases?
70%
60%
50%
Natural
cycles
Manmade
Other
40%

Natural cycles

Man-made

Other
20%

majority of people believe climate
change is man made
10%

main reason for choosing other was they
believed it was a balance or were unsure

in reality natural forces drive the climate
30%
0%
Reasons for
Climate change

6. Wealth Transfer

Do you agree with the United Nations
plan to usher in a New World Order of
global governance of unelected
bureaucrats and officials and the
transfer of wealth from developed
western nations to less developed
countries as a solution to climate
change?

Yes

No

Other

Most people from MDC oppose wealth
transfer

People from LDC are for wealth transfer

Others were unsure
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
Yes
No
Other
30%
20%
10%
0%
Wealth Transfer from MDC to
LDC

7. Carbon Tax/Cap & Trade Results

Do you think that a carbon tax
and/or a carbon cap and trade
trading system are effective
means of combating climate
change?
70%
60%
50%

Yes

No

Other

Current solutions proposed by
the UN is not the answer
20%

Does virtually nothing to reduce
co2
10%

Designed to generate $
Yes
40%
30%
No
Other
0%
Carbon Tax/ Cap & trade

8. Maurice Strong & World Conservation Bank

Have you ever heard of Maurice Strong aka
‘the Godfather of Climate Change’ who is
set to make billions of dollars through carbon
trading exchanges or The World
Conservation Bank owned and set up by the
Rothschild’s which is a private bank that will
handle all the funds generated by carbon
tax, similar to the Federal Reserve Banks?

Yes

No

Other

Only a few people have heard of Maurice
strong

Virtually no one has heard of The World
Conservation Bank

Others didn’t understand the question or
didn’t care
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
Yes
No
Other
30%
20%
10%
0%
M. Strong % WCB

9. Tax incentive for planting trees
Do you think that a tax incentive
for planting trees is a good way
to reduce the extra amount of
CO2 in the atmosphere?
90%
Yes
60%

No
50%

Other

Many are for reforestation and
permaculture food forests

the comment was made we must
think bigger



Other comment was people will
manipulate the system
80%
70%
40%
30%
Yes
No
Other
20%
10%
0%
Tax incentive for tree planting

10. Conclusion

Policies need to change solutions are shamefully simple

Climate change is and always has been happening

Degree of change caused by natural or anthropogenic forces needs
more research

Current solutions proposed by the UN is not the answer in the form of
carbon tax and cap and trade

Small group of elites stand to make billions if not trillions of $ draining
what little wealth the common man has

An overwhelming amount of people agree that reforestation is a
better solution

The simple solution to climate change is a permaculture revolution

11. Bibliography
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Climate poll
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http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/23/3096211/poll-government-climate-change/
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climate poll
http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/
Global climate regime
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag8oiQ3vjE0
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Lord C. Monkton

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/01/01/ipcc-silently-slashes-its-global-warming-predictions-in-the-ar5-final-draft/
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Global warming or global government

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u81qXOYfKg
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Life and times of Maurice strong
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhkxC1Q2FNU
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Carbon tax Australia – everything you need to know
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lDxp8sAIX0

12. Questions & Discussion
Discuss any of the questions in the survey.
For the solution see: http://www.geofflawton.com/fe/32461surviving-the-coming-crises