Public More Willing than Politicians to Address Climate Change

Electricity pylons are seen at the Lethabo Power Station in the Free State Province, South Africa, November 27, 2011. (Siphiwe Sibeko/ Courtesy Reuters).

Electricity pylons are seen at the Lethabo Power Station in the Free State Province, South Africa, November 27, 2011. (Siphiwe Sibeko/ Courtesy Reuters).

Activists from the WWF demonstrate on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference COP16 in Cancun (Gerardo Garcia/Courtesy Reuters).

Leaders line up for a group photo at the East Asian Summit and ASEAN Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali November 19, 2011 (Jason Reed/Courtesy Reuters).

An Afghan man from the Badghis region of northern Afghanistan speaks with Sima Samar (R), the deputy chairperson of the Loya Jirga grand assembly, in Kabul June 15, 2002. (Caren Firouz/ Courtesy Reuters)

Iran's Head of Atomic Energy Organization Fereyoun Abbasi-Davani attends the Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety in Vienna in June 2011. (Herwig Prammer/Courtesy Reuters)

A poster of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii November 7, 2011. (Yuriko Nakao/Courtesy Reuters)

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Barack Obama speak while awaiting the start of a meeting on the second day of the G20 Summit in Cannes November 4, 2011 (Dylan Martinez/Courtesy Reuters).

Palestinian Foreign Minister al-Malki and Palestinian ambassador to UNESCO Sanbar attend a press conference during the 36th session of UNESCO's General Conference in Paris (Benoit Tessier/Courtesy Reuters).
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