Gallup: U.S. the Least Worried of All Rich Countries About Global Warming
Eric Zuesse
The only high-income country that’s among the 20 least-worried about global warming is the United States. According to the first-ever worldwide poll of the public’s concern about global warming, the Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll, by Gallup, in 142 countries, the following 20 nations have the world’s highest percentages of people who say that climate change is “no threat at all,” and the per-capita GDP is shown here for each:
1. Ethiopia 39% – $772
2. Uzbekistan 31% – $1,532
3. Iraq 28% – $5,834
4. Egypt 25% – $2,549
