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Swiss ready to pay for fight against climate change: poll GENEVA, Feb 4 (AFP) Feb 04, 2007 More than 80 percent of Swiss people are ready to use their car less and to pay more for alternative energy to fight climate change, according to an opinion poll published Sunday. Sixty-seven percent of those polled for the Swiss newspaper Sonntagsblick said they believed humans were solely to blame for global warming and 63 percent agreed that climate change was a threat to humanity's survival. An overwhelming 88 percent said they were ready to make their own personal contribution to cutting carbon dioxide emissions which are blamed for warming the earth's atmosphere and disrupting the climate. Eighty-five percent would pay more for alternative energy while 81 percent would drive their car less, the poll indicated. Sixty-eight percent would travel less by air and 63 percent were prepared to pay a climate change surcharge when they fly. The poll also revealed that a huge majority of Swiss want their authorities to take action as well. Sixty-five percent felt their government was doing too little at the moment. More than 80 percent supported more taxes on vehicles with high fuel consumption, as well as greater state support for public transport and the renovation of old, energy-inefficient, buildings. Two-thirds want authorities to make energy-saving light bulbs or electrical appliances compulsory. The opinion poll by the Isomar Institute surveyed 1001 people in Switzerland between January 31 and February 3. UN scientists on Friday delivered their starkest warning yet about the ongoing growth of global warming and stated their near certainty about humanity's role in climate change. An unsually mild and dry winter in the Alps over the past couple of months has also heightened public fears in Switzerland about the impact of climate change.
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