Climate Change and Financial Instability Seen as Top Global Threats

The Pew Research Center survey assessed global attitudes in 39 nations and identified climate change seen as a threat by 54 percent, financial stability by 52 percent, Islamic extremism by 49 percent and nuclear programs in North Korea and Iran by less than 40 percent of more than 37,000 respondents. Concern about climate change was highest in Latin America at 65 percent. Top concerns of selected nations: North Korea’s nuclear program for the US and Japan; Islamic extremism for Germany and Russia; financial instability for Britain and Italy; climate change for Turkey, China, South Korea, Australia and every country polled in Latin America. The nonpartisan center conducts the annual Global Attitudes Survey, does not take positions, and groups data by regions. Concern about US or Chinese power or influence was relatively low, and results for India are not reported because of concerns about data collection. – YaleGlobal