Climate change professionals expect Europe to demonstrate leadership at UN summit

Question wording:

1. For each of the following statements, please indicate whether you strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree, or strongly disagree.
• e) Investing in mitigating the effects of climate change now will be less costly than adapting to those effects later.
• f) The science of human-caused climate change is not solid enough to justify major action to fight climate change

3 / 4. As you know, climate change negotiators will meet in December in Copenhagen at COP15 to try to achieve an agreement that will replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.
• 3) Which one of the following possible outcomes of the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen this December would you most like to see? SHOW IN ORDER. PICK ONE.
• 4) And which one of the following possible outcomes of the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen this December do you most expect?
• 01- A comprehensive and ambitious agreement with the cooperative participation of the USA and China
• 02- An agreement where countries commit to their own current national targets
• 03- A limited agreement outside the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• 04- An extension of the Kyoto Protocol, the existing agreement
• 05- A political agreement in principal with negotiations continuing beyond the
Copenhagen conference (COP15) into 2010
• 06- An agreement to do very little
• 07- No agreement at all and the termination of negotiations

5. How likely do you think it is that negotiators at COP15 in Copenhagen will come to an agreement on each of the following items?
• b) How much the major developing countries such as China and India will limit the growth of their emissions
• d) How the money committed to helping developing countries will be managed

6. Please indicate what kind of role you think each of the following countries (or groups thereof) will play in the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen this December.
• • • 01 - It will play a leadership role in setting ambitious targets to address climate change as quickly as possible.
    • 02 - It will take a more moderate approach and support only gradual action to address climate change.
    • 03 - It will not agree to any international agreement that significantly limits greenhouse gas emissions.
• a) USA
• b) Europe
• c) China
• d) India
• e) Brazil
• f) Russia

8t. Please rate each of the following actors on their efforts over the past year to address climate change.
• b) The EU
• e) The US government
• f) The Chinese government
• g) The Indian government