Climate Citizens

You can read a summary of our analysis here: climatecitizens.org.uk/wp-content/u...

The policies the public designed demonstrate deep concern about climate change and low trust in the government taking meaningful action.

We also found the most supported policies - the ‘low hanging fruit’ and least controversial in implementing, so long as key concerns are taken into account.

Summarising outcomes from over 30 UK Citizen’s Assemblies and Juries between 2019-2023, the public want:
- More action on climate, and ambitious policies;
- Better public communication and education;
- Help to make things simple, clear, and easy is supported just as much as financial measures.

*NEW REPORT*
The UK public are clear about what they want from climate-related policy.
"What climate policies do the public want? A review of recommendations from UK citizens' assemblies and Juries"

The public want action on adverts for high-carbon products and services.
And so so many members of the public want this, and MORE.

Fantastic work and stats analysis from @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social and the Climate Citizens research group. 👏 👏 👏

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Click the link below for the full summary, and get in touch by leaving a comment below if you’d like to find out more. climatecitizens.org.uk/wp-content/u...

4️⃣There were clear patterns in people’s responses that allowed us to identify five key ‘stances’ that people are likely to take. Members of each stance also tended to exhibit similar social characteristics (see attached figures).

Similarly, political leaders cannot achieve climate targets simply by calibrating their policies to be politically popular, they must do the difficult political work of building a mandate for policies people may not intuitively support.

Other research suggests that a ban may be the most effective in achieving change, however our research found that public support for measures varies as such that even demonstrating greater efficacy may not necessarily translate into greater support.

3️⃣An outright advertising ban on high-carbon products and services, whilst being the least popular policy option, was still more popular than doing nothing and keeping things as they are.

Political trust in leaders and institutions is important if the public is to accept significant policy changes, but building this from its currently low level will take time. Other evidence suggests that participatory policy approaches, such as DMPs, can be part of rebuilding that trust.

2️⃣There is strong public support for the principle of additional regulation on advertising as part of a wider climate strategy. Indeed, concern about climate change is high, and people are looking to government to lead.

🔎What did we find?
1️⃣There is a clear desire for information on climate change and net zero targets. Many proposals referenced the need for greater education and awareness of climate change and emissions targets. Advertising was seen as being able to contribute to this.

This research summary outlines the key policies a citizen jury created to match their concern about the advertising of high-carbon products and services. These policy options were then presented to 2000 adults in the UK via a poll to assess their level of support for these different options.

📣NEW RESEARCH SUMMARY
“What the public think about advertising high-carbon products and services: Citizens’ jury and public polling evidence from the UK.”
climatecitizens.org.uk/wp-content/u...

We won't meet our climate targets without public support. To gain this support, policies need to be designed that benefit all people. If you want to know how to do that, this short report from @climatecitizens.bsky.social is essential reading: climatecitizens.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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New report: Priorities for public engagement in climate policy - Climate Citizens | Lancaster University | Assembly on climate change Bringing climate policy to the people. Climate Citizens is a project run out of Lancaster University aiming to change how people engage with the creation of climate policy.

Late to posting this, but check out our 'Priorities for public engagement in climate policy' report, with
@bankfieldbecky.bsky.social and rest of team.

Time for govt to step up to the mark.

climatecitizens.org.uk/new-report-p...

At #COP29, the PM said he wasn't going to 'tell people how to live their lives'.

@bankfieldbecky.bsky.social discusses how this wording was a misstep, and what he could have said instead for the blog.

@climatecitizens.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3B2dBm3

At the COP29 climate summit, Keir Starmer said he wasn't going to tell people how to live their lives.

That's not what people want to hear.

I've written about what he could have said instead.

climatecitizens.org.uk/climate-citi...

New blog post from Rebecca Willis on why Keir Starmer said the wrong thing at COP 29: people want government to speak up, not shut up, on climate change.
climatecitizens.org.uk/climate-citi...

Lastly, we present the most supported policies derived from an analysis of the outcomes of over thirty Citizens' Assemblies and Juries held across the UK.
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Based on our research, we present three high-level proposals to help achieve the cross-government Net Zero Mission, including the creation of a permanent Citizens’ Panel on climate.
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Political leaders can create well-supported policies by showing that they understand people’s concern, and match that concern with confident, ambitious policies.
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Our research has found that people are deeply concerned about climate change, but governments have a poor track record of engaging the public and so trust is low. 2/5

🚨 NEW REPORT:
We summarise our recent research on how the public currently feel about climate change – what action they want and what they find frustrating – and offer three priorities for policy makers that will help achieve better climate action.
climatecitizens.org.uk/new-report-p...
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Open access link here: Distrust and reflexive impotence in the net zero transition: findings from a longitudinal deliberative mini-public
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Participatory policy making processes can help if they are meaningful and impactful.
Government also needs to do more to communicate the work they’re doing to engage the public on climate issues and make sure the policies they implement genuinely improve people’s lives. 5/6

How should politicians and government actors respond? They need to restore trust in the state by ‘walking-the-talk’, e.g., showing they can drive through change. They also need to address people’s feelings of political inefficacy.
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