Sixty percent of all those queried — down from 66% last year — say global warming is a problem they personally worried about either "a great deal" or "a fair amount."
And a record high, 41% of those interviewed, believed the media "generally exaggerates" the seriousness of global warming. That was up from 35% last year, and only 30% in 2006.
Four more rounds of formal negotiations are scheduled before the Dec 7-18 talks in Copenhagen. These are June 1-12 in Bonn, Germany; Aug 10-14 in Bonn; Sept 28 to Oct 9 in Bangkok; and Nov 2-6, at a venue yet to be decided.
In addition, heads of state and government will gather in September at a U.N. climate change summit in New York and President Obama will host a major economies forum on the sidelines of the G8 in Italy in July. Two other meetings convened by the United States will take place, one probably 26-27 May in Paris and another in June.
