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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil

Toxic Heat: 13m Brits say climate change a serious global threat ‘out of control’

Millions of Britons fear that climate change is now a serious global threat which has spiralled out of control, a new poll revealed on Thursday.

The Ipsos survey for The Standard showed one in four adults in the country, or nearly 13 million, hold this bleak view as destructive wild fires rage in southern Europe and north Africa, violent downpours flooded Berlin, a super typhoon hit the Philippines, and cacti collapsed in Arizona where Phoenix has boiled in temperatures above 43 degrees C for nearly a month.

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