UK perceptions of climate change and lifestyle change: results from CAST’s wave 1 survey on public perceptions of climate change and the four areas of diet, transport, heating and consumption

Katharine Steentjes, Wouter Poortinga, Christina Demski, Lorraine Whitmarsh

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Abstract

Key Points:
* People's concern about climate change remains high.
• Most people support efforts to reduce air travel and overall material consumption, but express less support for efforts to reduce meat consumption.
• People are willing to consider changes to their own lifestyles relating to diet, transport, heating and material consumption.
• There is strong support for citizens' opinions to directly feed into political decisions about climate change, e.g. through citizens' assemblies.
• People underestimate the role of greenhouse gas emissions from food and material consumption.
• We identified some widespread beliefs that could be barriers to lifestyle changes, such as positive emotions associated with consumption of products and meat.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherCentre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST)
Number of pages8
Publication statusPublished - 31 Mar 2021

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