Floods, food security and wildlife loss top public's climate change concerns

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Poll reveals significant majority of people are worried about climate impacts

Nearly two thirds of British adults accept climate change is happening and is primarily due to human activity, according to a major new poll that detects a "discernible shift" in the public's engagement...

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