Most Europeans ‘very concerned’ by climate change

BRUSSELS (AFP) – Most Europeans are very concerned about climate change though a sizeable minority feel they do not know enough to help counter it, a major EU poll released Thursday showed.

A majority of the 30,000-plus people interviewed throughout the EU and candidate nations, believe neither industry, national governments nor the European Unon itself is doing enough to tackle the problem, according to the Eurobarometer study.

Global warming/climate change was deemed one of the most serious world problems by 62 percent of those asked, ranking second behind poverty and the lack of food and water (68 percent) but ahead of international terrorism, armed conflicts and the global economic slowdown.

AFP