The Asahi Glass Foundation Announces the Results of the 31st Annual “Questionnaire on Environmental Problems and the Survival of Humankind”

• The time on the Clock has turned again for 2 consecutive years since 2021, hanging 9:35 in 2022. It was the first interval in 12 years the time on the Clock had gone again for 2 consecutive years.
• Looking at the instances on the Clock round the world, the time moved ahead greater than 10 minutes in North America, Africa, Middle East, and Eastern Europe & former Soviet Union.
• “Climate Change” has been the prime environmental challenge since 2011 that the respondents worldwide have had on their minds.
• The advances made in “Policies and Legal System” and “Social Infrastructure (Funds, Human Resources, Technologies, and Facilities)” had been much less pronounced than these for “Public Awareness.”
• The class mostly recognized as exhibiting indicators of enchancment in strategy was “Climate Change” (30.0%), adopted by “Society Economy and Environment, Policies, Measures” (15.1%), and “Lifestyle (Consumption Habits)” (14.5%).
• In respondents’ worldview, “l. No Poverty” was the most chosen as the aim that may have the lowest stage of realization in 2030, adopted by “2. Zero Hunger,” and “16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.”

The Asahi Glass Foundation (Chairman: Takuya Shimamura) has carried out an annual survey with environmental consultants from round the world since 1992. This 12 months, we despatched the questionnaire to 202 international locations round the world, and acquired responses from 1,876 folks in over 127 international locations. Below are the details from this 12 months’s questionnaire outcomes. Further particulars can be found in the report of the “31st Annual Questionnaire on Environmental Problems and the Survival of Humankind,” or on-line at the Foundation’s website, beginning at 11 a.m. September 8.

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Change in the Time on the Environmental Doomsday Clock Since 1992 (Graphic: Business Wire)

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