A major new study on public attitudes to net zero and climate policy from Ipsos in the UK, Policy Institute at King’s College London and CAST.
Topline Results: European Attitudes to Climate Change, Fairness, and Action
Topline Results: European Attitudes to Climate Change, Fairness, and Action covers climate change concern, the seriousness of different climate issues, and who should be responsible for mitigating its effects. There is also analysis of data on prioritising environmental protection or economic…
Cornwall Council Active Travel Social Prescribing Pilot – Final evaluation report
Cornwall Council worked with researchers from the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) to evaluate the Council’s Active Travel Social Prescribing pilot. The aims of the pilot were to promote increased levels of physical activity through walking, wheeling…
Opinion on climate change policy during the 2024 general election
CAST Affiliates Dr Lucas Geese and Dr John Kenny co-authored a report, commissioned and published by Green Alliance, on public opinion on climate policies during the 2024 general election. The report finds that while public concern about energy bills and security remains real,…
What’s Stopping Us? Applying psychology to accelerate climate action in sport
A report that explores insights from social psychology, such as understanding people’s values, overcoming misperceptions about what other people think, and the role of leadership and social norms can offer sports organisations a deeper understanding of how to create change.…
Ethnicity and UK climate perceptions: Why we need greater diversity in engagement and research
This report brings together preliminary insights on how people of colour in Britain experience, perceive and engage with climate change and climate policy. It outlines why UK climate discourse must better consider the perspectives of different ethnicities and recommends actions…
Cornwall Council behaviour change and engagement programme – survey of residents
This report, written by Dr Mark Wilson and Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE for Cornwall Council, presents the survey findings which measured Cornwall residents’ perceptions of climate change and their current behaviours in four key lifestyle areas: travel, home energy use, products they buy, and food, and their…
Net Zero Living
Together with Ipsos, we have taken an in-depth look at the public’s attitudes towards climate change and how policymakers can increase support for, and participation in, sustainable policies.
Citizens’ Climate Assemblies: Understanding public deliberation for climate policy
This report presents an in-depth analysis of climate deliberation, focussed on the UK’s national Climate Assembly, France’s Convention Citoyenne, and regional UK processes.