The BBC commissioned an international survey to ask people if they would be willing to make lifestyle changes in response to climate change.  Most said they would.

The survey did not ask respondents if they had already made personal sacrifices.  Given that climate change has been a front-page issue at least since the Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in 1997, that sort of question would be a more relevant indicator of willingness to change for the alleged good of the planet.

Most people are ready to make personal sacrifices to address climate change, according to a BBC poll of 22,000 people in 21 countries.

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

It’s all well and good to say one is “prepared” to make changes.  But why didn’t BBC also ask respondents what changes they have already implemented?

The full survey report can be downloaded here.

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