'The Climate Consensus': Study reveals widespread public support for ambitious climate policies

Cecilia Keating
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Major polling exercise reveals climate policies that are popular with public would deliver on the government's goal of cutting emissions by 39 per cent by 2030 on 2019 levels

A major study of public attitudes on the best ways to reduce emissions has revealed there is a significant consensus among the British population on how the country's near-term climate goals should be...

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