Attribution of responsibility - when it comes to addressing the climate and environmental crisis

Which of the following actors can contribute the most to overcoming the crisis? We asked this question in our milieu study. Up to three answers were possible from nine possible actors.
Non-governmental organisations such as local environmental movements were named by 16% of respondents. Interestingly, unlike most questions, there were no relevant differences between the milieus here.
Incidentally, the movements achieved the lowest value of 6% in Germany. Could this low figure be linked to these recent forms of protest?
Those who are angry and stressed seem unlikely to ponder calmly and serenely on ways to combat the rise in temperature.
Almost three quarters of respondents said they were annoyed when others tried to tell them how they should live.
Our milieu study concludes that moral appeals and finger-wagging are not very suitable for winning over broad majorities.
Nevertheless, 38% of respondents also said that non-governmental organisations are doing too little to tackle climate change. Around a quarter said the same in Germany.
By the way, this is a comparatively low figure, as the other stakeholders, with the exception of the scientific community, fared much worse.
Of course, the climate movements are positioned very differently across the board - and the strategies are chosen very differently. For example, one third think the NGO’s level of commitment is just right
Find out more about the findings of our Milieu Study. Click here.