BRITS are bored by global warming, according to a survey.

Three in 10 people reckon there is too much publicity about it and more than half are fed-up hearing about it.

Men are twice as likely as women to be bored by the topic. The survey of 2016 people by the Environmental Transport Association comes ahead of a "green" Budget expected to deliver proposals to tackle climate change.

ETA's Andrew Davis said: "Increasing public apathy is a real concern. The challenge for Alistair Darling in his budget is to take action that matches his green rhetoric."