From the UK: Climate Ahead of Economy

Recently, 12,000 people from 12 countries around the world were asked in a survey which issue they thought most important for our attention: dealing with climate change or improving the economy. The results? Most respondents desired their governments to stop haggling and start acting on climate change.

Worldwide, 77 percent of the people surveyed wanted their governments to cut carbon emissions. The countries in the survey were a good mix of all economically-affected regions including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, U.K. and the United States.

The survey was carried out for the HSBC Climate Partnership, a collaboration between the international bank and climate NGOs including WWF, the Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Read the report here.