Young Czechs fear climate change, feel helpless, anxious - poll

Climate change is viewed as a serious problem by over 80 percent of Czechs aged from 15 to 20, and two thirds consider it important for Czechia to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, according to a poll conducted by several institutions that released its results today. Almost 46 percent of young people in this age category consider the tackling of climate changes an extremely or very urgent task, and another one third consider the problem medium-sized, showed the poll conducted by the department of environmental studies at Brno's Masaryk University and the Green Dock group in cooperation with People in Need organisation.