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Cost of living crisis hasn’t dented public support for climate policies… and there are some policies which are almost universally supported
New data shows the UK public continue to support ‘net zero’ policies, despite the cost-of-living crisis. Polling undertaken by Ipsos and CAST in October 2022 find many climate policies actually enjoying higher levels of support than in August 2021. This was despite record levels of climate change concern recorded in…
UK will fail to reach climate targets unless Government drives behaviour change
A new report has revealed that a third of emission savings by 2035 must come from people changing their behaviours. The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee report, In our hands: behaviour change for climate and environmental goals is the output of a committee inquiry which heard from…
How can SMEs be supported to rapidly decarbonise? Try talking to them about what really matters.
Collectively, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make a significant contribution to carbon emissions. Transformative changes are needed to achieve Net Zero amongst the SME population, presenting policymakers and practitioners with a complex and largely unresolved set of challenges. Colleagues from Oxford University, Open University Business School, and CAST partner Climate…
Climate anxiety an important driver for climate action
The first-ever detailed study of climate anxiety among the UK adult population suggests that whilst rates are currently low, people’s fears about the future of the planet might be an important trigger for action when it comes to adapting our high-carbon lifestyles to become more environmentally friendly. Interest in climate…
New scientific insights on tackling climate change from the IPCC’s sixth assessment report
In recent years, more and more countries, cities, companies, and citizens have been trying and testing ways to reduce emissions. Accumulating scientific evidence shines a clearer light than ever before on what works. First, we need to change how we use energy and other resources in ways which also improve…
Positively influencing the travel choices of live music audiences
After two years of cancellations, postponements and last minute Covid-19 no-shows, a full programme of live music and festivals is now finally underway again in 2022. Rewind to just before the pandemic, and some long overdue conversations were gradually getting louder, around how music could respond to the climate crisis….
The IPCC’s message is clear: social transformation, not a technofix, is needed to tackle climate change
Why is public engagement and participation with net zero so important?
CAST’s deputy director Christina Demski has been on a part-time secondment to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as Net Zero Public Engagement Advisor since 2020. As part of her role supporting research and policy teams to effectively engage the public on net zero, she has written…
Call for abstracts – Symposium “Exploring the role of ‘moments of change’ in sustainability transitions” – London, June 13-14, 2022
**The call for abstracts has now closed**. People experience numerous planned and unplanned events, transitions and disruptions throughout their lives, from biographical changes (e.g. moving house, changing jobs) and life course transitions (e.g. having children, retiring), to exogeneous disruptions (e.g. blackouts, road closures and boiler breakages), environmental disasters (e.g. floods,…