Hawaiians are particularly concerned about the effects of climate change
Almost half of Americans, or 48%, believe they’ll live to see the end of the world, according to a new survey.
5,000 Americans from across the country were interviewed about their beliefs on the effects of climate change.
Hawaii (66%), Vermont (59%) and New Mexico (56%) were the states where respondents were most likely to agree that climate change will destroy the world in their lifetimes.
More than half of respondents in Washington (55%) and Minnesota (54%) also believed they’d witness calamity.
Respondents were also asked whether they believed climate change would have a greater effect on their state rather than others.
Hawaiians were again the most concerned, with 61% agreeing their state would be most affected, followed by Alaskans and Californians.
Nearly two-thirds of all respondents, 65%, said they wished they could do more to be environmentally conscious.
The survey also revealed that 37% of all respondents take environmentally conscious actions because it “helps them feel like a good person.”
