INCREASED URGENCY TO Change in importance since last More Less ADDRESS year, in the UAE Net change Important Important FOUNDATIONAL Improving our healthcare system +54 68 14 PROBLEMS Addressing 66 13 poverty in this country +53 Change in importance since last year Addressing climate change +52 65 13 (more important minus less important) Improving our education system +50 64 14 Protecting people's individual freedoms +46 60 14 Finding ways to combat 61 16 fake news +45 Addressing 58 14 discrimination, racism +44 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. IMP_POL_PRIORITIES. For each of Closing the economic and social divide +37 54 17 the following issues and challenges, please indicate whether our country addressing it has become more important to you, less important to you, or has stayed the same in importance, since last year. 5-point scale; top 2 box; more important; bottom 2 box, less important. General population, UAE. Net change is the difference between more and less important. 18
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