The public are becoming increasingly sceptical about the threat of climate change, it emerged last night.
Months of questions over flaws in climate change science and a lack of government action have led to a sharp decline in the number of British adults who believe it is a problem. The proportion of people, questioned in a survey by Ipsos Mori, who believe climate change is 'definitely' a reality has dropped from 44 per cent to 31 per cent in the last year. The poll of 1,000 people also found a significant drop in those who said climate change was caused by human activities. Last year, one in three people believed it was caused by people. Now just one in five hold this conviction.
Coupled with higher prices for energy and other goods, this decrease will make it harder to persuade the public to support action to curb the problem. (Daily Mail)