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Climate change skepticism on the rise | A poll for BBC News has suggested that the number of British people who are skeptical about climate change is rising. According to BBC News, the findings are based
on interviews carried out on 3 - 4 February. The Populus poll of 1,001 adults
found that 25 percent did not think global warming was happening, a rise of 8
percent since a similar poll was conducted in November. The percentage of respondents
who said climate change was a reality had fallen from 83 percent in November to
75 percent this month. Only 26 percent of those asked believed climate change
was happening and "now established as largely man-made". Of the 75 percent of
respondents who agreed that climate change was happening, one-in-three people
felt that the potential consequences of living in a warming world had been exaggerated,
up from one-in-five people in November. The number of people who felt the risks
of climate change had been understated dropped from 38 percent in November to
25 percent in the latest poll. In November 2009, a similar poll by Populus showed
that 41 percent agreed that climate change was happening and it was largely the
result of human activities. "It is very unusual indeed to see such a dramatic
shift in opinion in such a short period," Populus managing director Michael Simmonds
told BBC News. "The British public are sceptical about man's contribution to climate
change - and becoming more so," he added. "More people are now doubters than firm
believers," he said. According to Professor Bob Watson, the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs' chief scientific adviser, the findings are "very disappointing".
"The fact that there has been a very significant drop in the number of people
that believe that we humans are changing the Earth's climate is serious," he told
BBC News. "Action is urgently needed," Professor Watson warned. "We need the public
to understand that climate change is serious so they will change their habits
and help us move towards a low carbon economy," he said. |
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