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Globe-Trotters Pledge to Fly Less to Help Climate

  • Growing number of people willing to change lifestyles
  • EIB survey shows respondents unwilling to give up cars
Photographer: Laurel Chor/Bloomberg
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Almost a third of the global population would be willing to fly less even after pandemic restrictions ease, according to a survey that shows a growing belief that individual actions impact the climate.

The poll of more than 30,000 people published Monday by the European Investment Bank shows 72% of Europeans and Americans and 84% of Chinese people think their own behavior can make a difference in tackling climate change, up by between 7 and 12 percentage points since last year.