UNDP released the results of the largest global opinion survey on climate change, the "People's Climate Vote," in partnership with the University of Oxford. Of the SIDS represented, the People's Climate Vote surveyed 8,000 people across Fiji, Belize and Trinidad and Tobago. Using an innovative approach, the survey was conducted through in-game adverts in many popular mobile gaming apps. Along with the Climate Promise and Mission 1.5, this survey is part of UNDP’s role in supporting countries to develop their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement — illustrating a unique global perspective on public sentiment towards the climate emergency and allowing governments insight into policies their populations would be supportive of. Overall, the Peoples’ Climate Vote found that “nearly two-thirds (64%) of people in 50 countries believe that climate change is a global emergency” with the highest response occurring in SIDS at 74% of the public believes in the climate emergency. People from SIDS were most supportive of climate policies, second only to high-income countries, with majority support for ten climate policies. The policies with the most popular support among SIDS are climate-friendly farming (68%); green business and jobs (66%); using solar, wind and renewable power (64%); and conserving forest and land (62%). Policy support levels were also even higher than in high-income countries for promoting plant-based diets (+9%), investing in green businesses and jobs (+6%), and climate-friendly farming (+5%). Moreover, in SIDS, among the group of people who said that climate change is indeed an emergency, 70% believe that we must act by doing everything necessary urgently, reaffirming their role as leaders on the international scene.
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