Despite more than 80 per cent of Britons saying they are concerned about the impacts global warming will have on the UK, 40 per cent said they were not willing to make any personal changes to help address the problem, research by solar panel manufacturer REC found.
The REC survey, of 2,000 UK consumers, found that only 12.3 per cent of people were prepared to buy electric vehicles to replace their current cars.
The most popular action people were willing to take was to install solar panels on their homes, with 27 per cent of respondents saying they would consider doing so.
However, ministers recently slashed subsidies for rooftop panels in a move they estimated would deter 700,000 households that would otherwise have installed the panels from doing so.
Luc Graré, senior vice president of REC, said: "It is vital that both the general public and British businesses are bought in to the global responsibility that is on everyone’s shoulders.
"For that to happen, the government needs to ensure it is creating the best possible conditions to help encourage a change in behaviour."
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