Climate Change in the British Mind
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Provided by: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication|Published on: June 3, 2025
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Synopsis
- In this report from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, students will learn about the knowledge and opinions of people living in the United Kingdom about climate change.
- Students will understand what percentage of people in the UK are worried about climate change, have experienced climate change impacts, and believe that humans are responsible for climate change.
- The report also includes an Executive Summary to see the key points of this report.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography
Authors: Anthony Leiserowitz, Jennifer Carman, Emily Goddard, Marija Verner, Seth Rosenthal and Jennifer Marlon
Region: Europe
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This report is easy to understand and includes helpful graphics to help visualize the data.
- The data is written in multiple different ways, allowing students to get information at a glance or dive deeper into the data.
Prerequisites
- Students should understand climate change, what causes it, and the impacts it can have.
- It may benefit students to have prior knowledge about how surveys are used to collect data and how that data is organized to show trends.
- Students can either read this resource section by section on the webpage, or teachers can print a PDF of the entire document.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Teachers can use data from some of these questions as an anticipatory set for topics on climate impacts in the UK, the percentage of clean energy being utilized in the UK, or climate anxiety.
- Students can use this data to support claims when writing persuasive or informative pieces about climate change or the public perception of it.
- After analyzing this data, students can compare it to data from the United States, Brazil, or India. Students can discuss what about where people live may make them think differently about climate change.
The perceptions, views, and level of awareness on climate change from a variety of UK demographics are presented in this article. The policy framework that would enhance climate governance by the UK government is highlighted, as are the measures required to lessen the effects of climate change. This could improve cross-learning since students can find out if the US offers a comparable backdrop. This peer-reviewed resource is suggested for use in the classroom.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication conducts scientific research on public opinion and behavior. They also engage the public in climate change science and solutions, in partnerships with governments, media, companies, and civil society.
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