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Greenpeace
The Climate Lawsuit1
About the survey
• Project: The Climate Lawsuit
• Background:
o Survey about the familiarity among the general poplulation to the climate lawsuit and the perception of
Greenpeace.
• Sample
o Target group: Theeneral population 16+
o Sampled from: Responspanelet
• Data:
o Method: Web
o Data collected: Week 49
o Number of interviews: 1007
• Weight:
o The data has been weighted by sex, age and region
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Summary
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Oppsummert
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• A large number of people agree that «It would be the right descision for a supreme court ruling to limit oil and gas
production due to the climate» In total, 44% of the population agrees with the statement. The share who agree is
larger than the share who disagrees: 32%
• The statement in which most people agree is that «Norway should stop exploring for additional oil and gas in the
arctic due to the fragility of local nature and wildlife».60% of the population agrees while 20% of the population
disagrees. The remaining have not taken a position or do not know.
• «Norway should stop exploring for additional oil and gas reserves» is the only statement where the share who
disagrees (54%) is larger than the share who agrees (25%). The remaining have not taken a position or do not
know.
• In general, we see that women, younger people, Oslo/Viken residents, urbanites, the highly educated and those
familiar with the lawsuit to the largest extent tend to agree with the statements.
• More than half are familiar with the climate lawsuit: 55%
Knowledge is higher among men, seniors (65+) urbainites, people who live in Oslo and Viken and among high
earners
• Among those familiar with the lawsuit the share who agrees with all the statements is significantly higher. The share
who disagrees is simliar to those who are not familiar with the lawsuit
Results5
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Question 2:
Have you heard about/or are you familiar with the climate
lawsuit being filed by Greenpeace and Nature and Youth
against the norwegian state?
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More than half are familiar with the lawsuit: 55%Familiarity with the lawsuit is higher among men, seniors (65+), urbanites and people who habitate Oslo and Viken and the highly
educated
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Yes, 55%
No, 45%
Total (n=1007)55%
60%
50%
59%
58%
52%
44%
51%
64%
61%
42%
52%
56%
44%
54%
61%
55%
48%
44%
54%
63%
Total (n=1007)
Men (n=513)Women (n=494)
18 to 24 years (n=105)25 to 34 years (n=141)35 to 44 years (n=161)45 to 54 years (n=174)55 to 64 years (n=169)
65 years and older (n=257)
Oslo and Viken (n=390)Innlandet (n=80)
Agder and Sør-Østlandet (n=114)Vestlandet (n=241)
Trøndelag (n=92)Nord Norge (n=90)
High density areas (> 100.000)Middle density areas (25.000-100.000)
Low density areas (<25.000)
Low education (High School, tradeschool)1-3 years of college education
4 years or more of college education
Yes, familiar with the climate lawsuit
Spørsmål 2: Have you heard about/or are you familiar with the climate lawsuit being filed by Greenpeace and Nature and Youth against the norwegian state?
Explantation: signifcantly higher | significantly lower
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Question 1:
To what degree do agree with the following statements?
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The statement most people agree with «Norway should stop exploring for additional
oil and gas in the arctic due to the fragility of local nature and wildlife» 60% agree or strongly agree while 20 % disagree or strongly disagree. Among those who are familiar with the climate lawsuit the
share who agree or strongly agree are significantly higher while the share who disagrees are fairly equal between the two groups
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24%
9%
15%
11%
9%
30%
15%
17%
15%
11%
17%
29%
18%
18%
16%
16%
23%
24%
25%
29%
9%
14%
20%
28%
31%
3%
10%
6%
3%
3%
Norway should stop exploringfor additional oil and gas
reserves
Norway should stop exploringfor additional oil and gas in
the arctic due to lowprofitability
It would be the right descisionfor a supreme court ruling tolimit oil and gas production
due to the climate
Norway should stop exploringfor additional oil and gas inthe arctic due to the climate
Norway should stop exploringfor additional oil and gas in
the arctic due to the fragility oflocal nature and wildlife
Total (n=1007)
Strongly disagree Disagree Neither Agree Strongly agree Don't know
23%
9%
16%
11%
9%
26%
15%
17%
15%
11%
14%
24%
15%
13%
13%
21%
27%
22%
22%
26%
14%
18%
27%
38%
40%
2%
7%
4%
2%
1%
Familiar with the climate law suit (n=561)
Strongly disagree Disagree Neither
Question 1 To what degree do agree with the following statements?
«Norway should stop exploring for additional oil and gas.» is the only statement
where the share who disagree (total) is larger than the share who agree (total)
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54%
24%
32%25%
20%26%
37%
44%
53%
60%
Norway should stopexploring for additional oil
and gas reserves
Norway should stopexploring for additional oil
and gas in the arctic due tolow profitability
It would be the rightdescision for a supreme
court ruling to limit oil andgas production due to the
climate
Norway should stopexploring for additional oil
and gas in the arctic due tothe climate
Norway should stopexploring for additional oil
and gas in the arctic due tothe fragility of local nature
and wildlife
Totalt (n=1007)
Disagree (merged) Agree (merged)
Question 1 To what degree do agree with the following statements? Explanation: Green= significantly higher | Red = significantly lower
(40)(28)(12)
(13)
(28)(%-point
difference)
The share that agrees that «Norway should stop exploring for oil and gas…»
increase as further information is added to the statement. In total, 44% agree that a supreme court ruling to limit oil and gas would be the right thing to do and among those familiar with
the law suit the share who agree increases to 49%
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26%
37%
44%
53%
60%
Norway should stop exploring for additional oil and gas reserves
Norway should stop exploring for additional oil and gas in thearctic due to low profitability
It would be the right descision for a supreme court ruling to limit oiland gas production due to the climate
Norway should stop exploring for additional oil and gas in thearctic due to the climate
Norway should stop exploring for additional oil and gas in thearctic due to the fragility of local nature and wildlife
Total (n=1007)
Agree (merged)
Question 1 To what degree do agree with the following statements? Agree (merged) has answered strongly agree or agree
+34 percentage
points
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20%
24%
25%
32%
54%
20%
24%
26%
32%
49%
Norway should stop exploring foradditional oil and gas in the arctic due
to the fragility of local nature andwildlife
Norway should stop exploring foradditional oil and gas in the arctic due
to low profitability
Norway should stop exploring foradditional oil and gas in the arctic due
to the climate
It would be the right descision for asupreme court ruling to limit oil and gas
production due to the climate
Norway should stop exploring foradditional oil and gas reserves
Total (n=1007) Disagree (merged)
Familiar with the climate lawsuit (n=561) Disagree (merged)
Among those familiar with the climate lawsuit the share who agre agree to all of the
statements is significantly higher. The share who disagrees are fairly equal between
the two groups. With the exception: «Norway should stop exploring for additional oil and gas reserves»
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60%
37%
53%
44%
26%
66%
45%
59%
49%
35%
Norway should stop exploring foradditional oil and gas in the arctic
due to the fragility of local nature andwildlife
Norway should stop exploring foradditional oil and gas in the arctic
due to low profitability
Norway should stop exploring foradditional oil and gas in the arctic
due to the climate
It would be the right descision for asupreme court ruling to limit oil andgas production due to the climate
Norway should stop exploring foradditional oil and gas reserves
Totalt (n=1007) Agree(merged)
Familiar with the climate lawsuit (n=561) Agree (merged)
Question 1 To what degree do agree with the following statements? Explanation: Green= significantly higher | Red = significantly lower
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Appendix
Questions
• To what degree do agree with the following statements?
o Norway should stop exploring for additional oil and gas reserves
o Norway should stop exploring for additional oil and gas in the arctic due to low profitability
o It would be the right descision for a supreme court ruling to limit oil and gas production due to the climate
o Norway should stop exploring for additional oil and gas in the arctic due to the climate
o Norway should stop exploring for additional oil and gas in the arctic due to the fragility of local nature and wildlife
• Have you heard about/or are you familiar with the climate lawsuit being filed by Greenpeace
and Nature and Youth against the norwegian state?
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Demography
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• Demography• Sex
• Age
• Region
• Population density
• Education level
• Household income
• Personal income
• Additional variables
• Famiiliarity with the climate lawsuit
Margin of errorThe margin of error at a 95% confidence interval
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Interpretation: For a sample of 200 interviews, and a perecentge of 5 %, the margin of error will be at +/- 3.1 %.
The upper limit is therefore 8.1 % while the lower limit lies at 1.9 %.
