what percentage of the public in the uk believe in man made climate change?

Question

i want a reliable stat and source, but random guesses appreciated too!

Answer 1

Somewhere around 80%. Source below.

Addressing Mr Jello - yes, you do have to believe the Sun is 93 million miles from the Earth. Have you ever paced it off yourself? No, the distance from the Sun is calculated by physics equations, just as the factors effecting our global climate are.

Answer 2

A UK court recently ruled that in order for schools to show students the "Inconvenient Truth" movie by Al Gore they must reveal that there are at least 11 known lies in the movie.

I actually counted a lot more, but the 11 they list are the biggest lies in the movie.

It's too bad that in the US, school children are forced to watch that propaganda movie without being told about the lies.

If you're looking for that movie it's now found in the fantasy category at Blockbuster, since most scientists agree that "global warming" is just a big expensive hoax. A hoax that is only believed by truly ignorant people who don't understand science.

Once people become educated about climate and nature they see how ridiculous the whole "man-made global warming" hoax is.

Years from now we'll all laugh at all the fools who believed in it.

Answer 3

You really should be asking what % of informed public know if climate change is happening....you will find ,its only a very small amount actually know the facts and are only going on the high sales pitch of the warmer groups. Once someone points out that they have adjusted the truth to suit their arguement of warming....they are instantly told to shut up. I think the % of people who believe in climate change is in the 90's, but if they dont know it is a natural cycle of the earths climate they cant be blamed for that. Most people go on what they have been told. A Mr A. Hitler convinced a whole nation that Jews were the cause of everyones problems...how easy it is to lead people down the wrong path...

Answer 4

UK is creating more pollution than us. China is building up their Navy, India and China have given up totally we pay our scientist over 25 Billion to tell us global warming is real.or they dont get Gov. Grant.The Gov wants you to pay carbon Tax.
British Judge rules 11 wrong Facts Al Gore in Court
Inaccuracies in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth

The decision by the government to distribute Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth has been the subject of a legal action by New Party member Stewart Dimmock. Although a full ruling has yet to be given, the Court found that the film was misleading in 11 respects and that the Guidance Notes drafted by the Education Secretary’s advisors served only to exacerbate the political propaganda in the film.

In order for the film to be shown, the Government must first amend their Guidance Notes to Teachers to make clear that 1.) The Film is a political work and promotes only one side of the argument. 2.) If teachers present the Film without making this plain they may be in breach of section 406 of the Education Act 1996 and guilty of political indoctrination. 3.) Eleven inaccuracies have to be specifically drawn to the attention of school children.

The inaccuracies are:

* The film claims that melting snows on Mount Kilimanjaro evidence global warming. The Government’s expert was forced to concede that this is not correct.
* The film suggests that evidence from ice cores proves that rising CO2 causes temperature increases over 650,000 years. The Court found that the film was misleading: over that period the rises in CO2 lagged behind the temperature rises by 800-2000 years.
* The film uses emotive images of Hurricane Katrina and suggests that this has been caused by global warming. The Government’s expert had to accept that it was “not possible” to attribute one-off events to global warming.
* The film shows the drying up of Lake Chad and claims that this was caused by global warming. The Government’s expert had to accept that this was not the case.
* The film claims that a study showed that polar bears had drowned due to disappearing arctic ice. It turned out that Mr Gore had misread the study: in fact four polar bears drowned and this was because of a particularly violent storm.
* The film threatens that global warming could stop the Gulf Stream throwing Europe into an ice age: the Claimant’s evidence was that this was a scientific impossibility.
* The film blames global warming for species losses including coral reef bleaching. The Government could not find any evidence to support this claim.
* The film suggests that the Greenland ice covering could melt causing sea levels to rise dangerously. The evidence is that Greenland will not melt for millennia.
* The film suggests that the Antarctic ice covering is melting, the evidence was that it is in fact increasing.
* The film suggests that sea levels could rise by 7m causing the displacement of millions of people. In fact the evidence is that sea levels are expected to rise by about 40cm over the next hundred years and that there is no such threat of massive migration.
* The film claims that rising sea levels has caused the evacuation of certain Pacific islands to New Zealand. The Government are unable to substantiate this and the Court observed that this appears to be a false claim.
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90% of France runs on Nuclear .SO the ANSWER to YOUR QUESTION IS THEY WANT a DODD. that means trickle down to you $8.00 a gallon Gas Higher food prices TRUCKS deliver food run on FUEL,higher electric they will build NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS its a low carbon foot print .Carbon Tax will go to build these also if you donate to Blue Sky thru power company the $ goes to build new nuclear plants they say its clean low carbon foot print,Be careful what we wish for

ANSWER: ask teachers What happen to the polar bears during the last 5 ICE AGES?.
What ended the Ice Ages?
Al Gore JET do you agree Al needs to drive a bicycle instead of a Jet his power bill is $3,000 a month for 1 of his houses

Answer 5

Why does any one have to 'believe'? If it was a scientific fact, then it would just be.

Does anyone 'believe' 2+2=4? No, we know it does. Do people have to 'believe' the Sun is 93 million miles from Earth? No, as this can be established by fact.

The reason why global warming has to be 'believed' is because it isn't a scientific fact. It's a political ploy.

Having to 'believe' is calling global warming a religion. And with that, I think you're right.

Answer 6

I don't live in the UK but those that are closer to the poles during summer notice the increased temperatures and melting pack-ice.

Answer 7

Again, let me explain why Mr Jello is wrong:

All man born in the early 1800's have died. We know it for sure. Nevertheless we will never be able to prove that all human beings are mortal !

We just have to accept to live with theories like these.
They are called UNVERIFIABLE THEORIES.

Answer 8

dana1981- Thanks for that update. Very useful.