Black Friday marks the last mile of 2021 – and the "official" start of the Christmas season. (Sh)elves have been dressed in holiday costumes for weeks, and gift-givers have been hard at work preparing for end of year celebrations. Now, just one month ahead of Christmas, we wanted to find out what’s topping 2021 wish lists and how shoppers are progressing.
Ipsos poll for Halifax International Security Forum finds wide gap between citizens’ level of concern about cyberattacks and epidemics and their confidence in governments’ ability to address them.
The long reign of Coronavirus as our survey’s top global concern comes to an end in October 2021. It falls to third place in our issues ranking – behind poverty & social inequality and unemployment.
Public perceptions of healthcare services have not been adversely affected by the pandemic, according to our 30-country survey. People continue to see coronavirus as the main health problem facing their country, while concern about mental health increases.
In the lead-up to COP26, the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, an average of 51% across the 28 counties feel that it is right to prioritise the impact on the environment, nearly double the 26% who put greater weight on economic impacts.
27-country survey finds nearly half say abortion should be permitted whenever a woman wants one, and one quarter say it should be allowed only in certain circumstances.
