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Political Commentary - Public: Government Should Intervene On Climate Change … Just Don't Tax Us
In the wake of the recent flooding that has inundated vast swathes of the country the debate about climate change continues to gather pace.
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'Green Britain' Survey
Q1 As far as you know, do you personally think the world's climate is changing, or not?
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Climate Change Survey
To feed into our report "Tipping Point or Turning Point?" we commissioned new research on public attitudes to climate change to see how convinced the public are about the issue, its causes and its possible solutions.
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Coastal Access In England
A qualitative and quantitative study Ipsos conducted on behalf of Natural England (formerly the Countryside Agency) shows that the coast plays a fundamental role in the English sense of identity. Indeed, around seven in ten English residents (72%) have visited England's coast in the past year.
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Noise Bothers Seven In Ten People At Home
Findings from an Ipsos survey commissioned by the National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection (NSCA) show that noise is an issue for a substantial number of people in Britain, and a serious one for some. In all, 7 in 10 people report to be bothered by one or more sources of noise in their neighbourhood, and 12 per cent say their quality of life at home suffers a great deal or a fair amount from noise when they are at home. The most common source of annoyance is noise from cars / motorbikes, with one in five (21 per cent) reporting that they are bothered by this kind of noise in their neighbourhood.
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Are We All Turning Green?
Two out of five people in Great Britain say they are doing something to tackle climate change, according to a recent poll Ipsos for the Environment Agency.
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End Of Year Review 2006
Ipsos end of year review covering the main political issues of 2006. This was the year when the government struggled on with public service reform, but hit new lows in terms of public confidence in the NHS (despite levels of satisfaction with actual treatments remaining higher than before). It was a year when, for the first time ever, race and immigration became the key issues that Britons saw facing the country. A year when ratings of both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition fell. A year when, compared to the rest of the G6 countries, Britons were the most negative about their government's handling of crime.
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Attitudes Towards The Construction Of A Windfarm In Shetland
Ipsos was commissioned by Viking Energy Ltd to conduct a survey among Shetland residents, exploring attitudes towards the proposed construction of a windfarm in the central mainland of the island.
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Attitudes to Nuclear Energy
New research for the Nuclear Industry Association shows that 72% of the British public agree that the UK needs a mix of energy sources to ensure a reliable supply of electricity, including nuclear power and renewable energy sources. When asked specifically about nuclear newbuild, to ensure the same proportion of nuclear energy is retained, 39% would support it while 29% would oppose it. The remainder are undecided.
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Londoners' Attitudes to Climate Change
A new Ipsos survey for the Evening Standard reveals that over half of Londoners (57%) think the media has helped encourage people to behave more environmentally friendly. However, Londoners are unsure which political party would do most to help protect the environment — over a third (36%) say they don't know which political party has the best policies on climate change and 12% do not rate any party's environmental policies. Among the parties, the Greens are most often mentioned (25%) as having the best policies on climate change; the three major parties are equally unlikely to be perceived as having the best climate change agenda (9% Conservative, 8% Labour, 8% Liberal Democrat).