all with more than 50% of respondents in favour.Climate Change is the third most mentioned issue of concern for respondents to a recent poll conducted by Opinium on behalf of Better Statistics– with a score of 32% of respondents concerned about global warming it is behind cost of living (75%) and immigration (39%).
50% say that climate change is mainly man made.
Contrary to popular myth (but in line with other polling evidence) global warming is not an issue of greater concern for younger people than older people nor are they more likely to accept climate change is man-made.
|
Age |
18-34 |
35-49 |
60-64 |
65+ |
| Mention as concern ( %) |
29 |
34 |
31 |
33 |
| Mainly man made (%) |
44 |
54 |
54 |
51 |
The top five most popular remedies for combatting the change are:
| NET: In favour | |
| Subsidising the cost of insulating people’s homes | 72% |
| Taxing companies on the basis of the amount of carbon they release into the atmosphere | 67% |
| Subsidising the cost of travelling by bus or train | 66% |
| Subsidising the cost of building wind turbines | 59% |
| Subsidising the cost of replacing gas boilers in people’s homes with heat pumps | 51% |
all with more than 50% of respondents in favour.
For the full results go to Opinium TABS
For summary of profiles by Voting intention please go to Analysis