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About The 89 Percent Project
The 89 Percent Project is a year-long global journalistic effort to explore a pivotal but little-known fact about climate change: The overwhelming majority of the world’s people — between 80 and 89%, according to recent science — want governments to take stronger action. But that fact is not reflected in our news coverage, which helps explain why the 89% don’t know that they are the global majority.
The 89 Percent Project launches on April 21 with a CCNow Joint Coverage Week focused on the people who comprise this silent climate majority: Who are they? How do their numbers vary across countries and gender and generational lines? What kinds of action do they want governments to take?
Stories
The Climate Costs of Occupation
As Israel expands its settlements in the West Bank, it has destroyed forests and boosted CO2 emissions
Plan for windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war
Far right accused of misinformation over turbines at Reinhardswald, which has left local people divided
Der Großteil der Menschen wünscht sich mehr Klimaschutz – warum passiert dennoch so wenig?
Expertinnen und Experten sehen die Ursache auch in einem Irrglauben: Viele unterschätzen, wie wichtig anderen Menschen Klimaschutz tatsächlich ist
Spotlight
A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up
About 89% of the public want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis – but don’t know they’re the majority
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