To what extent do you think that it is your duty as a citizen to be 'informed'? Are you informed? How do you get to be informed about serious issues?

I don't exactly remember when it became a global phenomenon but the best way I can describe it is like the snow ball effect; the world became bombarded with issue after issue effecting the world we lived in. Terms like Global Warming, Co2 emissions and Greenhouse Gases are used everywhere, in schools, on the news and in newspapers, the media have crafted it in adverts with celebrities and local super markets who want to help us save "our planet". We have been advised by the government with free friendly booklets on how to reduce Co2 emissions at home and when we're out and about. They have showed us in serious talks and with fancy websites that they too are prepared to make necessary changes and commitments for whatever the world's forecast might bring.

I believe as a citizen, someone who has lived on the earth for 22yrs, and also recognising the fact that in the eyes of some I am responsible in some way for contributing to the planet's current condition, have every right to know what going on in regarding the world's welfare. I have this right when I get told the hard facts gathered from the country's or the world's leading scientists and because this worldwide crisis has spread into people's homes, bringing with it concerns and questions on what this means for the future and how are people meant live within the change. It is true that I and many others might not have a degree in science or have any qualification in environmental studies, but we are citizens of the world, which leads me to my conclusion, I do think we should also have a say in the changes made to stabilised our country just as the PM has his and should be briefed with lasted developments on climate change just as he is because let's us not forget that Gordon Brown is just another citizen too.