2.2 Description of survey participants
Overall, 372 participants from all over the world took part in the surveys. Of these, 220 completed the first survey, 121 filled in the second, and 31 participated in the separate survey for experts. The participants come from 49 different countries (Fig. 2a, b), but in all groups, the participants were most frequently from Germany (37.6%). On average, the participants were 38 years old, with a noticeable difference in average age between the non-expert and expert groups; 48 and 32 years old, respectively. The gender distribution among the experts was not balanced. Significantly more men (71%) than women (25.8%) took part in the survey. Among the non-experts, the gender distribution was somewhat more balanced: female= 56%, male= 43% and diverse =1%. This results in a total distribution of 53.6% female, 45.3% male, and 1.1% diverse participants. The experts’ group consists of 31 professionals from 15 countries (Fig. 2c). These experts are drawn from multiple disciplines, including climate change, health, virology, economics, and behavioral and environmental economics. For a full list of expert disciplines, the reader can refer to the Supplementary file (Section SI.3). The aim of involving these experts was to identify the priorities of experts for interventions in each field, as well as offer the possibility to compare their stance to the general public’s opinion.