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  • Overview
  • May '26
    The public want urgent action on floods, heat, and droughts
  • Reform voters: getting the climate story right
  • Apr '26
    What does climate ‘salience’ mean in 2026?
  • Mar '26
    Energy security: opinion insights and message testing
  • Has the Green Party really stopped talking about the environment?
  • Feb '26
    What locals want
  • What drives support for local energy infrastructure?
  • Clean energy is a winner across the political spectrum – but support for fossil fuels is slowly creeping upwards again
  • Varied levels of support for individual net zero policies
  • Jan '26
    Signal in the Noise: Climate opinion trends for 2025/26
  • Dec '25
    Our latest public & MP opinion data
  • Support for net zero is plateauing, not plummeting
  • Public think polluting business and industry should pay for net zero
  • Nov '25
    The Autumn Budget and public opinion – bills, taxes, and more
  • High public support for home insulation
  • MPs and the public see climate as shared global responsibility
  • Division is growing – which makes communication on climate change more difficult
  • The government released its latest public opinion tracker figures
  • How to (not) reduce energy bills
  • What about China?
  • The 30th climate change ‘Conference of Parties’
  • Oct '25
    Tracker data: MPs continue to underestimate public support for NZ target
  • Missing Links: Connecting the ‘how’ and the ‘why’ in net zero engagement
  • Sep '25
    UK’s hottest summer on record
  • Reform urge investors to put breaks on offshore wind
  • Tories pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea
  • Zack Polanski elected leader of greens
  • Jul '25
    Unions demand green jobs
  • Linking impacts to net zero
  • Miliband on climate impacts
  • Barriers to heat pump adoption
  • A climate of silence in the UK?
  • Tracker data: MPs and the public continue to underestimate local backing for wind, solar and pylons
  • Climate opinion in ‘Shattered Britain’
  • May '25
    New public polling: Behind the noise on net zero
  • Mar '25
    What’s the public appetite for climate-friendly food choices?
  • Feb '25
    Diets shifts in the years ahead: What level of change will be needed and accepted?
  • Is the Tory leadership out of touch with Conservative voters on climate?
  • How households can make meaningful shifts towards sustainable diets and lower food waste
  • Jan '25
    Majority think UK is not prepared for climate impacts
  • Dec '24
    Signal in the Noise: Trends in the UK climate discourse in 2023/24
  • Nov '24
    Report: How politicians can change food policy in Britain
  • UK “biggest climber” on climate action as COP29 heads to a close
  • Closing gap between Labour and Conservative voters on LTNs
  • If Labour wants to move fast and build things, it’s time to stop the name calling
  • National dietary survey shows UK meat consumption is falling
  • Britons want the UK to stay committed to climate despite Trump
  • Tracker data: The public and MPs underestimate support for net zero
  • Tracker data: Huge perception gap on support for onshore wind
  • Oct '24
    Growing calls for a ‘climate resilient net zero’
  • New study addresses impact of climate protest images on audiences
  • New study addresses global awareness of climate justice
  • Cumbria coal mine cancelled
  • MP polling: Is this the greenest parliament ever?
  • New study: Political leaders’ actions can inspire behavioural change
  • Sep '24
    Polling: Building familiarity with EVs necessary to overcome misconceptions
  • Almost half of Britons have personally experienced heat waves
  • Has support for net zero risen or fallen since the election?
  • Aug '24
    Labour’s energy policies are popular, but concerns around energy costs are growing again
  • Is ‘climate crisis’ a more effective term than ‘climate change’?
  • Jul '24
    Labour’s plans for Great British Energy brought to parliament
  • Tracker data: Renewables better for energy security than fossil fuels
  • The public feel ‘worried’, ‘sad’, and ‘no emotions’ about climate change
  • Post-election polling shows ‘backtracking’ on net zero targets cost the Conservatives votes
  • New Labour government announces planning reforms to increase onshore wind development
  • What do MPs need to know about voters’ views on climate?
  • New Labour government elected
  • Majority of public feel accepting of local pylons
  • Tracker data: Narratives that cut through
  • Research paper: Low carbon lifestyles are supported, but are impacted by ‘narratives of delay’
  • MPs and the public underestimate public support for pylons
  • Ipsos: Most net zero policies have more support than opposition (but support for some has fallen)
  • Why better insights on ethnicity are important for climate communication
  • Jun '24
    Major global study: Four out of five want governments to strengthen climate action
  • General Election 2024: Scottish views on the North Sea transition
  • Conservative Environment Network: Polling shows climate change is not salient for Reform voters
  • Carbon Brief: General Election 2024 energy & climate manifesto tracker
  • Trust & influence: Beyond ‘trusted messengers’
  • May '24
    General Election 2024: Will culture wars win votes?
  • Tony Blair Institute survey on perceptions of net zero
  • Tracker data: How is support for phasing out petrol and diesel vehicles changing?
  • Tracker data: The public blames government and the energy system (not green initiatives) for high bills
  • Tracker data: Public dissatisfaction with politicians’ handling of climate
  • Tracker data: Majority of public think climate inaction will cost too much
  • Ipsos poll: Support for meat and dairy tax increases when positive impacts are highlighted
  • Ipsos global data shows elevated climate ‘apathy’ among younger men
  • Apr '24
    Scotland drops 2030 emissions target but retains 2045 net zero ambition
  • Tracker data: the public is split on whether climate campaigners are ‘out of touch’
  • Tracker data: What climate impacts are the public concerned about?
  • Comment: Reform voters and net zero
  • Reform voters and net zero
  • Research paper: Engaging concerned but distrustful audiences on reducing meat & dairy
  • Europe Talks Flying: Navigating public opinion on aviation and climate
  • Green Alliance policy tracker: March 2024 update
  • Research paper: Climate concern increases following major protests/civil disobedience
  • Mar '24
    What the public misunderstands about heat pumps
  • Grantham Institute survey: What benefits do people think climate policies will bring?
  • What are perception gaps and why do they matter?
  • Climate action dashboard: Trends in public opinion 2020-2023
  • Spring Budget 2024: A small number of ‘green-tinged’ measures
  • Research: Health benefits can motivate eating less meat and dairy
  • Feb '24
    Video: People want climate action so why don’t politicians get it?
  • Survey: Three quarters of the public are worried about the impact of climate change on their bills
  • Redfield & Wilton polling: Labour & Conservative voters think climate change not being taken seriously enough
  • ECIU polling: more voters had heard about Labour’s green investment ‘U-turn’ than the policy itself
  • Voters want political leadership on climate change
  • Global study shows climate perception gaps are prevalent around the world
  • YouGov polling: Labour voters see government U-turns as a bad sign
  • Jan '24
    Tracker data: The youngest and the poorest are most worried about climate and wellbeing
  • Comment: Why should we care about climate emotions?
  • Survey: Knowing someone with a heat pump increases support
  • Differences in support for oil and gas track political divides
  • Report finds a rise in ‘new denial’ narratives on Youtube and a third of UK teenagers agreeing that climate change is exaggerated
  • Carbon Brief analysis shows record opposition to climate action by right-leaning UK newspapers in 2023
  • Research paper: Reducing inequality makes behaviour change for net zero more achievable
  • Are there gender differences in low carbon diets in the UK?
  • Dec '23
    Legal challenge launched against Rosebank North Sea oil field
  • COP28 calls for “transition away from fossil fuels”. Does the UK public agree?
  • CAAD report: A rise in violent language used online to describe protesters in 2023
  • Nov '23
    Tracker data: Nearly half of British public support climate compensation
  • Tracker data: Public oppose fracking, but it continues to polarise MPs
  • Comment: Is ‘behaviour change’ a contentious topic or an essential part of net zero?
  • Tracker data: What actions are the public and MPs taking to address climate change?
  • Tracker data: MP and public views on energy sources
  • Tracker data: Low levels of trust in political parties to speak about climate change
  • Tracker data: Who is trusted to speak honestly about climate change?
  • Making sense of public opinion on climate impacts
  • National Trust report: A Resilience Bill could put adaptation on the same footing as mitigation
  • Understanding perceptions of political leadership on climate change
  • Desmog publishes analysis of ‘anti-green’ Telegraph commentary on net zero
  • Comment: Are international climate negotiations on the public’s radar?
  • Carbon Brief analysis of the language used in the autumn statement shows change climate given a low priority
  • Tracker data: MPs and the public support high ambition on climate
  • Tracker data: MPs and public support climate finance to vulnerable countries
  • Making sense of public and MP opinion on renewables
  • Autumn Statement: Discounts on energy bills to be provided to households living near new electricity transmission infrastructure
  • Tracker data: Favourability towards wind and solar among MPs and the public
  • Making sense of public opinion on oil and gas
  • Tracker data: The public and MPs overestimate opposition to local solar
  • Carbon Brief resource: Who wants what at the COP28 climate change summit?
  • Making sense of public opinion on clean air zones
  • Tracker data: Public and MPs believe in the effectiveness of working together to tackle climate crisis
  • Tracker data: Public support for low traffic neighbourhoods is higher than MPs’
  • Reuters Institute report: UK audiences prefer climate coverage focused on ‘solutions’
  • Ipsos MORI polling ahead of COP28 shows limited public confidence that conference commitments will lead to climate action
  • Polling: Effectiveness of reducing meat consumption underestimated by UK public
  • Polling: British public are willing to change their eating habits to tackle climate change
  • Comment: Climate vs the cost of living?
  • Polling: Carbon food labelling receives clear support
  • Comment: Bumps on the road to net zero in 2023
  • ACT Climate Labs: How to talk to ‘Persuadables’ about transport
  • Tracker data: No signs of polarisation around the 2050 net zero target
  • Tracker data: Who is to blame for the high cost of energy bills?
  • Tracker data: Public and MPs underestimate net zero support
  • Conservative Environment Network polling: Widespread support for local green energy development
  • Tracker data: Public support for new local pylons
  • Comment: How does the public perceive climate protesters?
  • Oct '23
    More in Common: Labour can increase support among key Red Wall ‘Loyal Nationals’ by focusing on green investment
  • Public First polling: Delays to net zero make a party less electable
  • Tracker data: Majority of the public support a tax on frequent flyers
  • Tracker data: Do MPs see Net Zero as a vote winner or loser in Red and Blue Wall seats?
  • Making sense of differences between the public and MP opinions on oil and gas
  • UK meat consumption at lowest level since records began
  • What explains the drop in Welsh support for 20mph speed limits, shortly after their introduction?
  • MPs continue to underestimate importance of the environment for voters
  • Climate Citizens report: MPs underestimate the importance of the environment for voters
  • Conservatives urged to reconsider anti net zero strategy after Tamworth & Mid Bedfordshire by-elections
  • Comment: Net Zero in My Back Yard
  • Making sense of UK polarisation on climate change
  • Comment: What do the Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections tell us about support for climate policies?
  • Communities near wind farms will receive £300 incentive
  • Tracker data: Public and MPs see climate action as best route to energy independence
  • Tracker data: Most believe they can make a difference on climate, but over a third don’t
  • Tracker data: MP and public opinion on government climate action
  • National Infrastructure Commission recommends low income households should be given free heat pumps
  • Map of ‘action based’ stories aims to offer hope through seeing others acting
  • Scrapping, banning or delaying? Why question wording matters for understanding opinion on net zero
  • Climate Change Committee: Net zero targets are harder to achieve after changes to policies
  • Climate change in TV and Film
  • Climate Change Committee: How behaviour change can become part of UK climate policies
  • Polling during Labour Party conference: There is support for removing fossil fuels from electricity generation by 2030
  • New research: What personal climate actions are British people of colour undertaking?
  • Report: How people of colour experience climate change in Britain
  • Public First: UK public backs a move towards energy independence.
  • Tracker data: Gap in perceived support for local wind and solar
  • Tracker: Buying local and reducing meat much more common than meat-free diets
  • Sep '23
    Tracker data: Most people agree it will cost too much ‘not to tackle’ climate change
  • Friends of the Earth release a map of fossil fuel extraction sites around the country
  • Onward league table shows which net zero policies are popular among voters
  • Onward polling: Voters rank green policies as the least likely reason for cost of living crisis
  • Onward research: How to build support for net zero policies among Conservative voters
  • Labour Party confirms plans for GB Energy ahead of 2023 conference
  • Rosebank oil field given go-ahead by regulators
  • YouGov: There is a generational divide in support for more oil and gas extraction
  • Greenpeace polling: Climate will influence the next election in Blue Wall constituencies
  • Public First: Sunak’s Net Zero speech may scarcely cut through to voters
  • Ipsos polling: Renewable energy infrastructure is a priority for Britons
  • Anger Monitor research: ‘constructive’ anger can motivate climate action
  • Greenpeace polling: Blue Wall constituents want subsidies for net zero policies (and will vote on climate)
  • More in Common: Most voters think the government is doing too little on climate
  • ECIU poll: net zero policy rollback viewed as ‘untrustworthy’ by most; ‘sensible’ by some
  • Support for a loophole-free windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies sits at nearly 90%
  • More in Common polling: Few Britons want the government to do less to reach net zero
  • Rishi Sunak announces delays to near-term net zero targets
  • Social Change Lab: Does radical action shift the perception of more moderate activists?
  • More in Common: Oil & gas are no longer seen as reliable energy sources
  • Sizewell C campaigners hail appeal court victory
  • Comment: Polling makes misleading claims about support for clean air zones and net zero
  • Is there a split between ‘motorists’ and ‘non motorists’ on transport policies?
  • Climate Change Committee: How to help the UK public prepare for climate impacts
  • Report: How behavioural science can help encourage sustainable diets
  • Do people think net zero will be expensive, or can the costs fall fairly?
  • Opinium polling: A third of young people seek counselling and medical help for eco-anxiety
  • Climate Citizens report: Sustaining the political mandate for climate action
  • Summer 2023 was the hottest on record globally
  • Aug '23
    Resources for working with climate emotions
  • Valent report: Evidence of online manipulation in the debate around ULEZ expansion
  • Understanding opinion on 15-minute neighbourhoods
  • Progressive Policy Institute report: working class voters’ views on climate policies
  • Ipsos polling: Voters have an appetite for helping the environment alongside concerns about affordability
  • Conservative Party members oppose LTNs and the phase out of petrol/diesel cars
  • Jul '23
    Desmog polling: Voters tend to support ULEZ-style policies, when it is made clear only a minority of vehicles are affected
  • More in Common research: voters outside of London were not paying close attention to the extension of ULEZ
  • International comparison: UK support for net zero policies
  • YouGov poll shows support outweighs opposition for lowering urban speed limits from 30 to 20mph
  • Onward report: Local benefits increase rural support for renewable energy projects
  • Jun '23
    ACT Climate Labs guide: How to rebut ‘what about China and India’ arguments
  • Climate Change Committee: How the government can show leadership on climate change
  • May '23
    SNP voters back a ‘rapid’ move away from oil and gas – but are more evenly split on new exploration
  • Research paper: Climate-induced migration is not a route to greater climate concern
  • YouGov tracker: Public consistently in favour of government subsidies for solar development
  • Public Order Act 2023 introduces harsher protest laws
  • Apr '23
    Tracker data: Gender divide in MPs’ beliefs about cost of climate impacts
  • Tracker data: Some public willingness to pay extra climate tax
  • More in Common: Britain’s ‘quiet majority’ want less talk and more action on green energy
  • Mar '23
    OFFSHORE documentary explores what the energy transition means for workers and communities around the North Sea
  • Most Britons want their area to become a 15 minute neighbourhood
  • Platform report: The needs of offshore workers for a just energy transition
  • Jan '23
    Guide: How to better communicate about heat risks
  • Is tackling meat consumption too politically toxic?
  • Dec '22
    Understanding support for the frequent flyer levy
  • ECIU report: What is the cost of ‘Not Zero’?
  • Video clip testing: Voters are more likely to support Labour when they hear them talking about climate change
  • Red Cross polling: UK public unaware of flood risks and what actions to take
  • Nov '22
    Ahead of COP27, UK public sceptical that the conference would speed up climate action
  • COP27 polling: Few see Rishi Sunak as showing leadership, but most support climate funds for poorer nations
  • Ipsos MORI polling: Britons want subsidies on environmentally friendly tech (but few want higher taxes on non-renewable energy sources)
  • Oct '22
    Climate Majority project seeks to take climate action ‘outside of the bubble’
  • Research paper: Media portrayal of heatwaves undermines the seriousness of heat risks
  • YouGov tracker: Wind power continues to be the most popular form of energy generation
  • Climate anxiety around the world
  • Message testing guide: How to talk about the cost of living and climate crises at the same time
  • Sep '22
    Initiative with football fans encourages meat reduction
  • Briefing paper: The road to net zero – UK public preferences for low-carbon lifestyles
  • More in Common research shows how to engage ‘Blue Wall pragmatists’ on climate change
  • Aug '22
    ACT Climate Labs: How to combat misinformation around extreme weather
  • Jul '22
    New research paper: politicians and activists ‘speak a different language’ on climate change
  • UK experiences temperatures above 40°C for the first time
  • IPPR narrative testing: Messages about impacts are one of the most persuasive arguments for action on climate change
  • Carbon Brief: How UK newspapers changed their minds about climate change
  • Jun '22
    Mapping worry about climate change
  • Research: Britons’ aspirations to reduce diet impact made more difficult by day-to-day realities
  • Ipsos poll: More support than opposition for diet-related climate policies
  • May '22
    COP26: What the public heard
  • Feb '22
    Climate Change Committee: New oil and gas fields in the North Sea will create only marginal savings for households
  • Jan '22
    Climate Emotions Wheel shows the range of climate emotions
  • Dec '21
    Research paper: Emotions as drivers of climate change opinions and actions
  • Nov '21
    Media analysis: News of protests at COP26 outstripped coverage of the conference itself
  • Ahead of COP26, Loyal Nationals express scepticism around around international cooperation
  • Oct '21
    UK government hosts the annual UN climate Conference of the Parties (COP26)
  • Global Scan polling: Most Britons want global leadership by the government on climate
  • Development Engagement Lab: Britons have greater awareness of COP26 than other countries
  • Climate Just map: Climate vulnerability in the UK
  • Government’s Net Zero strategy includes new oil & gas licensing
  • Sep '21
    Climate Outreach report: Loyal Nationals see climate change as a shared global responsibility
  • Jun '21
    Britain Talks Climate – which segments are engaging in behaviour change?
  • Research paper: High carbon lifestyles can undermine climate messaging
  • Green Alliance: The case for clean air zones
  • Jan '21
    Climate Outreach resource: Lifestyle change & system change are two sides of the same coin
  • Dec '20
    UN Environment Programme report: the importance of lifestyle change for closing the ’emissions gap’
  • Nov '20
    Clear differences between segments of British society when it comes to climate-related food choices
  • Oct '20
    Britain Talks Climate: Most people are unsure which party has best climate policies
  • Britain Talks Climate: climate change concerns us all, regardless of income, background or politics
  • Research paper: Feeling empowered and able to make a difference is key to engagement on adaptation
  • CAST data portal: support for lifestyle change in the UK (vs Brazil, China & Sweden)
  • Sep '20
    Public forums: Reducing meat as part of a balanced diet seen as achievable and desirable
  • Jul '20
    Report: National Food Strategy highlights need for long term shifts in UK’s food culture
  • Mar '20
    Guide: Engaging the public on climate impacts and adaptation
  • Cardiff University polling: concern about heat risks has increased over the past decade but floods still top the risk table
  • Jan '20
    Environment Agency report: Low income households at greatest risk from flooding
  • Nov '19
    Report: Vulnerable people don’t feel they are at risk from heat
  • Sep '19
    Climate Strike: 200 protest events in UK’s biggest environmental protest to-date
  • Aug '19
    Reuters: How Greta Thunberg’s climate strikes became a global movement in a year
  • IPCC report: Dietary changes (including eating less meat) are needed to meet global sustainability goals
  • May '19
    Poll reveals MP misperceptions over onshore wind
  • Nov '18
    ‘One thousand ways to experience loss’
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