Russians on EU carbon tax plan by age 2020

Nearly 70 percent of Russians believed that the carbon tax proposed by the European Union would be directed not at fighting environmental issues, but rather at maintaining the infrastructure of the EU, according to a survey from September 2020. Russians aged 18 to 24 years were the only group with a larger share of respondents believing that the EU cared about the environment by suggesting that tax.

With which opinion on the European Union carbon tax plan do you agree more?

Characteristic	EU cares about the environment and stives to fight climate change	EU wants to receive money from Russia to maintain its own infrastructure	Difficult to answer
18-24 years	44%	39%	17%
25-34 years	25%	58%	17%
35-44 years	16%	73%	11%
45-59 years	15%	74%	11%
60 years and older	12%	74%	14%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

September 26, 2020

Number of respondents

1,600 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

The original survey question was worded by the source as follows: "The European Union proposes to introduce the so-called "carbon regulation" for Russian industrial enterprises so that Russian enterprises pay an "ecological" tax when selling products to Europe. With which opinion do you agree more?"

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