New polling shows 85% of Britons are now concerned about climate change, with the majority (52%) very concerned.

1. 1Ipsos MORI Political Monitor | PublicIpsos MORI Political Monitor | Public 1
July 2019
Global warming
Climate change
and the weather
Ipsos MORI

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HOW CONCERNED, IF AT ALL, ARE YOU ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS ‘GLOBAL WARMING’?
Climate change concern
Source: Ipsos MORI Political MonitorBase: c.1,000 British adults each month
82%
71%
63%
60%
67%
85%
15%
27%
35% 34%
31%
14%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
CONCERNED
NOT CONCERNED
2005
2010
2011
2013
2014
2019

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HOW CONCERNED, IF AT ALL, ARE YOU ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS ‘GLOBAL WARMING’?
Source: Ipsos MORI Political Monitor
Base: c.1,000 British adults each month
44%
28%
22% 21%
18%
52%
0%
20%
40%
60%
2005
2010
2011
2013
2014
2019
% VERY CONCERNED
Climate change concern

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HOW CONCERNED, IF AT ALL, ARE YOU ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS ‘GLOBAL
WARMING’?
Climate change concern
Source: Ipsos MORI Political MonitorBase: 1,007 British adults 18+, 26-30 July 2019.
By social grade
32% 39% 37%
25%
55%
52%
44%
54%
AB C1 C2 DE
Fairly concerned Very concerned
87%
CONCERNED
91%
CONCERNED
81%
CONCERNED
79%
CONCERNED

5. 5Ipsos MORI Issues Index | Public
Source: Ipsos MORI Issues IndexBase: 1,011 British adults 18+, 5 - 18 July 2019
Concern about pollution/environment and crime by social grade
30%
20%
14%
10%
23%
21%
30%
27%
AB C1 C2 DE
Pollution/environment Crime
WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE MOST/OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING
BRITAIN TODAY?

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HOW CONCERNED, IF AT ALL, ARE YOU ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS ‘GLOBAL
WARMING’?
Climate change concern
Source: Ipsos MORI Political MonitorBase: c.1,000 British adults each month
41%
30% 37%
42% 64% 59%
Conservative party Labour party Liberal Democrats
Fairly concerned Very concerned
83%
CONCERNED
94%
CONCERNED
96%
CONCERNED
By political party

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WHEN, IF AT ALL, DO YOU THINK BRITAIN WILL START FEELING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE?
Feeling the effects of climate change
Source: Ipsos MORI Political MonitorBase: c.1,000 British adults each month
41%
55%
61%
73%
34%
27%
22%
13%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2010
2014
2019
2017
WE ARE ALREADY
FEELING THE EFFECTS
IN THE NEXT 25
YEARS OR LONGER

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THINKING ABOUT THE
RECENT HOT WEATHER IN
PARTS OF THE U.K. WOULD
YOU SAY THAT IT IS…
Cause of recent
Source: Ipsos MORI Political MonitorBase: 1,007 British adults 18+, 26-30 July 2019
2%
15%
26%
57%
hot weather
Mainly caused by climate
change as a result of
human activity
Partly caused by natural
weather processes and partly
caused by climate change as a
result of human activity
Don’t know
Mainly caused by natural
weather processes

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AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE UK
GOVERNMENT HAS COMMITTED
TO END ITS CONTRIBUTION TO
GLOBAL WARMING BY 2050 BY
BRINGING ALL GREENHOUSE
GASES TO NET ZERO BY THAT
DATE. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENTS BEST DESCRIBES
HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS
TARGET?
Net-zero
Source: Ipsos MORI Political MonitorBase: 1,007 British adults 18+, 26-30 July 2019
4%
11%
4%
26%
55%
2050
The UK should bring all
emissions to net zero
more quickly than 2050
The UK should bring
emissions to net zero
more slowly than 2050
2050 is about the right
target for the UK to bring
all emissions to net zero
Don’t know
Britain should not have a
target to bring all
emissions to net zero
emission by

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October 2018
Antonia Dickman
Research Director
antonia.dickman@ipsos.com
Gideon Skinner
Research Director
gideon.skinner@ipsos.com
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