Table II. Academic training and...

Table II.

Academic training and knowledge of CC, and governance and actions to mitigate CC, by nationality

Dimension inquired	Inquired topic	Answer alternatives	Mexican (%)	Mozambican (%)	Portuguese (%)
Academic training and knowledge of CC	Technical knowledge on CC …	Minimum	5	3	4
		Moderate	69	53 (**)	78 (**)
		Extensive	21	24	17
		Professional-level	5	21 (**)	1 (**)
	Knowledge of how one’s actions influence CC	Minimum	5	27 (**)	4 (**)
		Moderate	80 (**)	38 (**)	68
		Extensive	0 (**)	29 (*)	27 (**)
		Professional-level	15 (**)	6	1 (**)
	Ever calculated your ecological footprint?	No	80 (**)	53	49 (**)
		Yes, in-training	0 (**)	41 (**)	17
		Yes, informally	18	0 (**)	27 (**)
	Need more information on CC?	A lot more information	31 (**)	12	7 (**)
		More information	44	65 (**)	41
		A little more information	26	24	47 (**)
		No	0	0	6 (**)
	“Hole in the ozone layer is a main cause of CC”…	Is a true sentence	77 (**)	50	56
		Is a false sentence	23	50 (*)	37
		Do not know	0	0	7
Governance and actions to mitigate CC	Who should take main mitigation actions?	Governments	26 (**)	62	73 (**)
		Private companies	8	0	9
		Individuals	64 (**)	38	18 (**)
	I would support measures to reduce greenhouse gas effect …	Yes	56	80 (**)	56
		No	13	18	13
		Not sure	31	3 (**)	31 (*)
	Actions to mitigate CC	I believe CC, but one’s actions are not enough	39	50 (**)	13 (**)
		I believe CC, but haven’t decided on the best actions	8	6 (*)	20 (**)
		I have decided, but not acted	10	18	13
		I took action, but they’re difficult	18	12	23
		I took action	26	15	32
	My contribution towards mitigating CC would …	Increase a lot my quality of life	44	80 (**)	25 (**)
		Increase a little my quality of life	41	12 (**)	39
		Have no impact in my quality of life	3 (**)	0 (**)	21 (**)
		decrease life quality	13	9	14

Dimension inquired	Inquired topic	Answer alternatives	Mexican (%)	Mozambican (%)	Portuguese (%)
Academic training and knowledge of CC	Technical knowledge on CC …	Minimum	5	3	4
		Moderate	69	53 (**)	78 (**)
		Extensive	21	24	17
		Professional-level	5	21 (**)	1 (**)
	Knowledge of how one’s actions influence CC	Minimum	5	27 (**)	4 (**)
		Moderate	80 (**)	38 (**)	68
		Extensive	0 (**)	29 (*)	27 (**)
		Professional-level	15 (**)	6	1 (**)
	Ever calculated your ecological footprint?	No	80 (**)	53	49 (**)
		Yes, in-training	0 (**)	41 (**)	17
		Yes, informally	18	0 (**)	27 (**)
	Need more information on CC?	A lot more information	31 (**)	12	7 (**)
		More information	44	65 (**)	41
		A little more information	26	24	47 (**)
		No	0	0	6 (**)
	“Hole in the ozone layer is a main cause of CC”…	Is a true sentence	77 (**)	50	56
		Is a false sentence	23	50 (*)	37
		Do not know	0	0	7
Governance and actions to mitigate CC	Who should take main mitigation actions?	Governments	26 (**)	62	73 (**)
		Private companies	8	0	9
		Individuals	64 (**)	38	18 (**)
	I would support measures to reduce greenhouse gas effect …	Yes	56	80 (**)	56
		No	13	18	13
		Not sure	31	3 (**)	31 (*)
	Actions to mitigate CC	I believe CC, but one’s actions are not enough	39	50 (**)	13 (**)
		I believe CC, but haven’t decided on the best actions	8	6 (*)	20 (**)
		I have decided, but not acted	10	18	13
		I took action, but they’re difficult	18	12	23
		I took action	26	15	32
	My contribution towards mitigating CC would …	Increase a lot my quality of life	44	80 (**)	25 (**)
		Increase a little my quality of life	41	12 (**)	39
		Have no impact in my quality of life	3 (**)	0 (**)	21 (**)
		decrease life quality	13	9	14

Notes:

(**) statistically significant, see section Research Methodology; (*) statistically nearly significant, see section Research Methodology

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