According to a global study on climate change news consumption in 2022, the respondents most likely to avoid climate change news were Indian adults aged 18 to 44 years old, with 43 percent saying they actively avoided news on the subject. Older Japanese consumers aged 45 years and above were the least likely to try to avoid climate news.
News audiences avoiding news about climate change in selected countries worldwide as of September 2022, by age group
among those who always or often avoid news on climate change
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Sample size per market was as follows: United Kingdom = 549, United States = 555, France = 574, Germany = 597, Japan = 489, Brazil = 356, India = 265, Pakistan = 186.
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