Australians overwhelmingly agree climate emergency is nation's No 1 threat

New polling from a respected foreign policy thinktank underscores the point that 2019 is the climate change election, with a majority of Australians saying global warming is a critical threat.

A person walks past a mural showing Scott Morrison
holding a lump of coal. Climate change has been front
and centre in the 2019 Australian federal election campaign.

The poll undertaken for Lowy says 64% of adults rank climate change number one on a list of 12 threats to Australia’s national interests, up six points from last year’s survey and a jump of 18 points since 2014.

The 2019 result is the first time climate has topped the list of threats since Lowy began the research in 2006. After climate change, cyberattacks ranks second, terrorism third and North Korea’s nuclear program fourth.

Read the story from The Guardian by Katharine Murphy - “Australians overwhelmingly agree climate emergency is nation's No 1 threat.”