Overview
Jul '26
New MP polling as Burnham enters Number 10
Jun '26
How did climate show up at the 2026 elections?
May '26
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
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
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
How to (not) reduce energy bills
Oct '25
Missing Links: Connecting the ‘how’ and the ‘why’ in net zero engagement
Sep '25
Reform urge investors to put breaks on offshore wind
Tories pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea
Jul '25
Unions demand green jobs
Linking impacts to net zero
Barriers to heat pump adoption
Tracker data: MPs and the public continue to underestimate local backing for wind, solar and pylons
May '25
New public polling: Behind the noise on net zero
Nov '24
If Labour wants to move fast and build things, it’s time to stop the name calling
Tracker data: The public and MPs underestimate support for net zero
Oct '24
Growing calls for a ‘climate resilient net zero’
Cumbria coal mine cancelled
Sep '24
Has support for net zero risen or fallen since the election?
Jul '24
Labour’s plans for Great British Energy brought to parliament
Tracker data: Renewables better for energy security than fossil fuels
Post-election polling shows ‘backtracking’ on net zero targets cost the Conservatives votes
New Labour government announces planning reforms to increase onshore wind development
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)
Jun '24
General Election 2024: Scottish views on the North Sea transition
May '24
Tony Blair Institute survey on perceptions of net zero
Apr '24
Scotland drops 2030 emissions target but retains 2045 net zero ambition
Comment: Reform voters and net zero
Reform voters and net zero
Jan '24
Differences in support for oil and gas track political divides
Research paper: Reducing inequality makes behaviour change for net zero more achievable
Dec '23
Legal challenge launched against Rosebank North Sea oil field
Nov '23
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?
Desmog publishes analysis of ‘anti-green’ Telegraph commentary on net zero
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
Comment: Bumps on the road to net zero in 2023
Tracker data: No signs of polarisation around the 2050 net zero target
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
Oct '23
Public First polling: Delays to net zero make a party less electable
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
Conservatives urged to reconsider anti net zero strategy after Tamworth & Mid Bedfordshire by-elections
Comment: Net Zero in My Back Yard
Communities near wind farms will receive £300 incentive
Tracker data: Public and MPs see climate action as best route to energy independence
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
Polling during Labour Party conference: There is support for removing fossil fuels from electricity generation by 2030
Public First: UK public backs a move towards energy independence.
Sep '23
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 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
Public First: Sunak’s Net Zero speech may scarcely cut through to voters
Ipsos polling: Renewable energy infrastructure is a priority for Britons
Greenpeace polling: Blue Wall constituents want subsidies for net zero policies (and will vote 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
More in Common: Oil & gas are no longer seen as reliable energy sources
Comment: Polling makes misleading claims about support for clean air zones and net zero
Do people think net zero will be expensive, or can the costs fall fairly?
Jul '23
International comparison: UK support for net zero policies
Onward report: Local benefits increase rural support for renewable energy projects
May '23
SNP voters back a ‘rapid’ move away from oil and gas – but are more evenly split on new exploration
YouGov tracker: Public consistently in favour of government subsidies for solar development
Apr '23
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
Platform report: The needs of offshore workers for a just energy transition
Nov '22
Ipsos MORI polling: Britons want subsidies on environmentally friendly tech (but few want higher taxes on non-renewable energy sources)
Oct '22
YouGov tracker: Wind power continues to be the most popular form of energy generation
Sep '22
Briefing paper: The road to net zero – UK public preferences for low-carbon lifestyles
Feb '22
Climate Change Committee: New oil and gas fields in the North Sea will create only marginal savings for households
Oct '21
Government’s Net Zero strategy includes new oil & gas licensing
May '19
Poll reveals MP misperceptions over onshore wind

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