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Higher and lower incomes make little difference to people’s concern about the natural environment, according to new research from the University of Bristol. A paper published in the European Sociological Review shows that, rather than having more important things to worry about, poor people and poor countries prioritise protecting the environment as much as do richer people and richer countries…
Dr Malcolm Fairbrother of Bristol’s School of Geographical Sciences compared surveys from 78 nations in conducting the most comprehensive analysis yet of the relationship between income and environmental attitudes…
