气候解决方案调查

The table compares the top five measures regarded as effective for cutting global warming by experts and the general public. Overall, there is only one shared solution between the two groups, while their perceptions of effective anti-global warming methods vary significantly. Experts tend to prioritise large-scale, technology or ecosystem-based approaches, whereas ordinary people favour small, daily individual lifestyle actions. Use of cleaner energy is ranked first by experts, but it only takes third place on the general public’s list. The top choice for the public is driving cars with lower petrol consumption, which does not appear in experts’ top five. Large-scale environmental and geo-engineering solutions including growing more trees, carbon capture and storage, ocean algae cultivation, and reflecting sunlight away from the Earth make up the rest of experts’ rankings, none of which are listed as top methods by the public. Instead, the public’s remaining top solutions are household-related and personal behaviour changes: improving home air tightness, eating less meat, and switching off unused electronic devices, none of which are considered top-five priority measures by experts.