In a 2018 survey across 26 nations, people in Canada and Mexico ranked climate change as the top global threat, whereas in the USA climate change ranked third . The public's responses to the causes of climate change and risk perceptions in Canada  and the USA  have revealed variations among regions  and less acceptance of climate change in rural regions than in urban areas. Canadian regions have higher acceptance of climate change  than the most liberal areas in the USA . Western Canadian regions with high carbon intensity economies had lower acceptance of climate change than the rest of Canada, whereas in the USA perceptions were more stable across regions . A recent survey in Mexico found that for 73% of respondents climate change represents a major economic, environmental and social threat, and in the most vulnerable states , the perception is that climate-change impacts and extreme events have considerable implications for the way of life in communities . In a 2017 survey, Azócar et al.  found that 85% of respondents from Mexico acknowledged anthropogenic climate change. Peoples' experience with extreme events , socio-demographic characteristics, level of marginalisation and economic and social exclusion, as well as education levels, were important factors influencing perception of climate change in Mexico . Drawing upon
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