Politicians of the world, pay attention!

You have a green light.
So, act! No more procrastination.

...according to a BBC poll of 22,000 people in 21 countries.

Four out of five people say they are prepared to change their lifestyle, even in the US and China, the world's two biggest emitters of carbon dioxide.

Three quarters would back energy taxes if the cash was used to find new sources of energy, or boost efficiency.

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83% of respondents throughout the world agree that individuals will definitely or probably have to make lifestyle changes to reduce the amount of climate-changing gases they produce.

The poll also suggests that a large majority of people in each individual country surveyed believe that sacrifices will be necessary.

In almost all countries in Europe, and in the US, most people believe the cost of fuels that contribute most to climate change will have to increase.


Graphs showing how many people think lifestyles need to change, and how many people think energy costs will have to increase

Green lesson for politicians

The only exceptions were Italy and Russia

It does not get much clearer than this.



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