Climate change fears reach record levels
Fears over have reached record levels with 85 per cent of adults in the UK now concerned about global warming in a poll. This is the highest figure since pollster IPSOS Mori first asked the question in 2005. The fears are seen as a response to the record temperatures in July and what is predicted to be the UKs wettest ever August. The proportion of people very concerned by climate change has jumped to a record 52 per cent, up from 18 per cent five years ago, the London Evening Standard poll revealed. Women are more concerned than men by a ratio of 55 per cent to 48 per cent. Nearly three-quarters of Britons believe the country is in the grip of climate change, with just over a quarter of people believing it accounted for the recent hot weather.