Few think climate change will hit them, kids | Top News | Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Less than half of Britons believe climate change will affect them during their lifetime and fewer than a fifth think it will disturb their children, a government survey showed Friday.

In the YouGov poll for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, 69 percent of respondents said flooding would be the most likely consequence in Britain, but only 26 percent believed the country was already feeling the impact of climate change.

"Recent research shows the public are unclear on what causes climate change and what the effects are," the department said.