Climate survey

An overwhelming majority of people in Poland believe it is important for their country to adapt to climate change, according to the annual Climate Survey commissioned by the European Investment Bank (EIB). The seventh edition of the survey also shows that nearly eight in ten Polish respondents expect to adapt their lifestyles to climate change. That figure stands above EU average and is driven by a more widespread first-hand experience of extreme weather conditions like droughts, severe storms and floods in Poland, compared to some other EU countries. Moreover, most Poles believe that investing in climate adaptation is needed now to prevent the toll of extreme weather events from rising. That comes despite the fact that they rank climate change as only the seventh-biggest challenge facing Poland, with costs of living and security threats related to Russia’s war in Ukraine topping the list.

Among the challenges facing Slovenia, respondents ranked climate change fourth. Despite this, nearly nine out of ten them agree that investing now in climate adaptation is necessary to avoid higher costs in the long run, according to the annual Climate Survey commissioned by the European Investment Bank (EIB). 

Unlike the majority of European respondents, most of those in the Netherlands do not believe they will have to adapt their way of life to cope with the effects of a changing climate. However, they do see the economic opportunity adaptation presents: Almost nine out of ten respondents in the Netherlands say that investment in adaptation can create jobs and boost the local economy, according to the annual Climate Survey commissioned by the European Investment Bank (EIB).