Conducted by the YouGov-Cambridge Centre for Public Opinion Research, the poll of seven Western European countries showed that up to 50 per cent of people were reluctant to give up eating meat and were opposed to bans on new petrol or diesel vehicles.
The petrol ban attracted different results depending on the country; in Germany for example, 70 per cent of respondents said they were concerned about climate change, but 50 per cent opposed such a ban. In the UK, a similar 76 per cent of those polled said they were either very or fairly concerned about climate change, but only 27 per cent indicated opposition to a ban on new petrol or diesel vehicles.
Meanwhile, participants were not enthusiastic about eating less meat despite the wide acceptance of its environmental benefits. All seven countries showed majorities who eat meat at least several times a week.
Within the meat-eating section of respondents, only a small proportion claimed to have reduced their...