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ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Nov 6, 2015 3:26 PM UTC Most people surveyed across the world are concerned about climate change, while the U.S. and China are less worried than people in many other countries, a new [survey ](http://www.pewglobal.org/2015/11/05/global-concern-about-climate-change-broad-support-for-limiting-emissions/)found. The majorities in all 40 countries polled by the Pew Research Center said they are aware of the “significant challenge” climate change poses, with a median of 54% of people characterizing it as a “very serious” problem. That concern is less intense in the U.S. and China, the two countries that emit the most greenhouse gasses, where 45% and 18% of people respectively said climate change was “very serious.” Pew, which [surveyed between 900 and more than 3,500 people](http://www.pewglobal.org/international-survey-methodology/?year%5Fselect=2015) in each of the 40 countries, released the results just a few weeks before political leaders [meet in Paris](http://time.com/4077597/kerry-climate-speech/) for a United Nations conference to reach a climate agreement. 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