From the Climate Community

The majority of British people are unsure which party has the best climate policies, according to the Britain Talks Climate toolkit.

“Despite high levels of concern overall, the majority of segments are not engaging with climate change in terms of politics or policies. When asked which UK party they felt had the best climate change policies, the most frequent response from most segments was either “none of the above” or “don’t know”. Progressive Activists and Civic Pragmatists were exceptions, with the majority citing the Green Party as having the best climate policy.”

The ambiguity people feel about which political party has the best climate policies is an invitation to make a clearer offer to the electorate.

An article by Petra Tschakert and colleagues synthesises the depth and breadth of tangible and intangible losses that people around the world may experience as a result of climate change. Key takeaways include:

• There is a need for more data from low income countries, which represented only 11% of case studies reviewed
• Damage is observed across the world, and loss and at-risk sentiments are reported in nearly all regions
• For indigenous groups, values such as culture, lifestyle, traditions and heritage, sense of place, identity, self-determination were seen as most imperiled. For nonindigenous groups, there was proportionally more evidence of harms to human life, economic outcomes, and dignity being imperiled
• Current research likely significantly underestimates non-economic loss and damage for people living in low-income nations