Charles Dickens’ masterpiece ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ begins with the epic lines “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times”. A modern-day Dickens is likely to wax eloquent about ‘A Tale of Two Indias’ by saying it was the best of times; it was even better than the best of times!
At a time when the French government want to decarbonise industry by reducing emissions by 81% by 2050 compared to 2015, and when older motor vehicles will be soon banned from inner cities’ “low-emission zones”, the Ipsos Navigator survey reveals the gap between intentions and reality and highlights the obstacles that need to be overcome.
The majority of Europeans live in cities and not even the pandemic has succeeded in reversing the course of urbanisation, as perhaps some had imagined early into the crisis.
The survey included questions related to infrastructure - road, rail and air networks, utilities such as energy and water, and broadband and other communications. It has provided attitudinal and ‘satisfaction’ data across 26 countries.
Here are the results for Great Britain.
