New report: Priorities for public engagement in climate policy

This new report summarises our recent research on how the public currently feel about climate change – what action they want and what they find frustrating – and offers three priorities for policy makers that will help achieve better climate action.

Our research has found that people are deeply concerned about climate change, but governments have a poor track record of engaging the public and so trust is low. Political leaders can create well-supported policies by showing that they understand people’s concern, and match that concern with confident, ambitious policies.  

Based on our research, we present three high-level proposals to help achieve the cross-government Net Zero Mission, including the creation of a permanent Citizens’ Panel on climate. Lastly, we present the most supported policies derived from an analysis of the outcomes of over thirty Citizens’ Assemblies and Juries held across the UK. 

Click here to read the report.