To find out, we asked those who responded to the GEO-6 for Youth Survey to tell us about their opinions and their priorities when it comes to the future of the planet (see Appendix 1 for details of the survey).
The survey responses show that, in general, young people are concerned about how we treat the environment. At a global level they are most worried about climate change, air pollution and chemical pollution. When asked which environmental problems they expect to have the greatest impact on them in the future, however, their perceptions differed according to region (Figure 2.1).
