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English: Bar chart showing public estimates of scientific consensus on climate change in comparison to actual scientific consensus.

Source: Public perceptions on climate change. PERITIA Trust EU - The Policy Institute of Kings College London 4 (June 2022). Archived from the original on 15 July 2022.

Archive thereof: https://web.archive.org/web/20220715062933/https://peritia-trust.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/4-Climate-change_EU.pdf

Related article: Public Hugely Underestimate Scientific Consensus on Climate Change, PERITIA Study Finds. PERITIA Trust EU - The Policy Institute of Kings College London (29 June 2022). Archived from the original on 30 June 2022.

Archive thereof: https://web.archive.org/web/20220630171117/https://peritia-trust.eu/public-hugely-underestimate-scientific-consensus-on-climate-change-peritia-study-finds/

From source: "Carried out by the Policy Institute at King’s College London as part of a European Commission project investigating public trust in expertise, this latest study is based on survey data from over 12,000 people across six countries."
Source quotes consensus at 99.9% scientific consensus, citing Lynas, M et al (2021) ‘Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in the peer-reviewed scientific literature,’ Environmental Research Letters 16(11): 1-7.

See File:20211103 Academic studies of scientific consensus - global warming, climate change - vertical bar chart - en.svg for sourcing re scientific consensus, which includes the following consensus studies:

Powell et al. (20 November 2019). "Scientists Reach 100% Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming". Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 37 (4): 183–184. DOI:10.1177/0270467619886266.
Lynas et al. (19 October 2021). "Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in the peer-reviewed scientific literature". Environmental Research Letters 16 (11): 114005.
Myers, Krista F.; Doran, Peter T.; Cook, John; Kotcher, John E.; Myers, Teresa A. (20 October 2021). "Consensus revisited: quantifying scientific agreement on climate change and climate expertise among Earth scientists 10 years later". Environmental Research Letters 16 (10): 104030. DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ac2774.

Suggested caption: The public substantially underestimates the degree of scientific consensus that humans are causing climate change.^{[cite Kings College]} Studies from 2019–2021 found scientific consensus to range from 98.7–100%.^{[Cites: Powell, Lynas, Myers]}

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	17:05, 30 May 2023	1,000 × 750 (3 KB)	RCraig09	Version 7: replaces <tspan> specifications for two title text elements, with <g> and <text>, to try to resolve SVG text rendering issue . . . explained in detail above
	17:28, 29 May 2023	1,000 × 750 (3 KB)	RCraig09	Version 6: removed font-weight="bold" specification to avoid ongoing SVG text rendering problems
	21:54, 19 September 2022	1,000 × 750 (3 KB)	RCraig09	Version 5: Tiny downward adjustment of the text "Actual" and "Actual scientific consensus ►" so text is centered vertically in the red bar
	13:33, 21 August 2022	1,000 × 750 (3 KB)	TAKAHASHI Shuuji	File uploaded using svgtranslate tool (https://svgtranslate.toolforge.org/). Added translation for ja.
	00:27, 13 August 2022	1,000 × 750 (2 KB)	RCraig09	Version 3: change color and font size to clarify Actual scientific consensus
	06:11, 11 August 2022	1,000 × 750 (2 KB)	RCraig09	Version 2: Clarify range of Actual scientific opinion to be 98.7% – 100%
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