Climate change

Our monthly round-up of Ipsos research and thinking reflects on the world one year on from Covid-19, looks forward to the world in 2025 and beyond, and presents new white papers on customer experience, product innovation and research methods.

After declaring a climate emergency, Brighton & Hove City Council commissioned Ipsos to hold a climate assembly focused on reducing carbon emissions from transport and how this can help the city towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030

Optimism prevails about access to digital tools and technology in our global survey about 2021 opportunities and threats for the World Economic Forum.

Over half of Britons feel government should prioritise the environment over the economy in wake of the pandemic, even if this means slower economic growth or job loss. Britons are more likely to feel renewable energy and obliging owners to insulate their homes are very acceptable initiatives to reduce greenhouse emissions compared to the global average.

COVID-19 continues to lead our ranking of the top global concerns for the ninth consecutive month as we round out the results of our global survey in 2020.

This has been a year of momentous change – real and anticipated. As we pause to reflect at the end of the year, we present some Ipsos research highlights you may have missed during the dizzying events of 2020.

Research from Ipsos and the Good Business Festival highlights that two-thirds of people want business leaders to speak out on social and political issues, as disillusionment in government persists.

The world is now split on whether coronavirus or unemployment is the most worrying issue facing their country today.

Seventy-one percent of the world feels climate change is as significant a threat as coronavirus in the long term. So, in the midst of this upheaval we ask what, if anything, can COVID-19 teach us about the climate crisis?