Climate Change in the British Mind

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.

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Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography

Authors: Anthony Leiserowitz, Jennifer Carman, Emily Goddard, Marija Verner, Seth Rosenthal and Jennifer Marlon

Region: Europe

Languages: English

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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.

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About the Partner Provider

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.