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Public and cross-party support for net zero policies in decline, study finds

Deniz Huseyin
02 April 2026
UK public concern about climate change (Source: DESNZ 2025a)
UK public concern about climate change (Source: DESNZ 2025a)

 

Government policy for delivering net zero is in danger of losing public support “at the very moment it is needed most”, according to a new report produced by researchers at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Aberdeen.

Broad political consensus for climate action in the UK is also beginning to fracture, the researchers observed.

A failure to acknowledge and respond to these signs could be “catastrophic to the UK’s climate change goals, especially as we...

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