Climate change


Flight shame: are we willing to reduce our emissions?

Public perceptions of flying depend on two key factors – cost and convenience. Only one in seven people in the UK (13%) said they would use a form of transportation with a lower carbon footprint than air travel even if it were less convenient or more expensive.

Britons hugely underestimate how hot planet has become and how much plastic waste is in the environment

Misperceptions about climate change and the natural environment are widespread in Britain, according to the 2019 Perils of Perception study by Ipsos and King's College London.
Environment Survey

Concern about climate change reaches record levels with half now 'very concerned'

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

Is climate change important to consumers?

Does public pressure mean that we are reaching a tipping point whereby big business has no choice but to pursue a sustainable finance strategy? Ben Page writes for the Social Market Foundation.
Environment Survey

Climate change increases in importance to citizens around the world

Most are more willing to take personal actions to cut down waste, but are sceptical of policy actions.
Transport Publication

Infrastructure fit for the future

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) commissioned Ipsos to conduct mixed-methods research on the challenges facing UK infrastructure in a range of areas: waste, digital communications, water, flooding, energy and transport.
Environment Survey

Only 34% express confidence that waste water in their country does not pose a threat to their clean water supply.

Looking ahead one in two (48%) are worried that residential and industrial growth in their country over the next 5 to 10 years will put their clean water supply at risk.
Environment Survey

Have we had enough of climate experts? Does it matter?

The public hugely underestimate the scientific consensus on the causes of climate change, and are very mixed in their own views about how far human activity contributes to it.
Environment Survey

How green are British front gardens?

An Ipsos poll for Royal Horticultural Society to understand greenery in British front gardens.