Climate change - public engagement: survey results 2022

Results of a representative survey of the Scottish public, focused on attitudes and engagement with climate change. The results will act as a baseline for the Public Engagement Strategy for Climate Change.


Footnotes

1. An online panel is defined as an online group of recruited people willing to conduct social and market research surveys in return for a small financial incentive for each survey completed.

2. Targets taken from ONS mid-year population estimates.

3. Ethnicity targets taken from 2011 census. Educational attainment targets taken from the 2019 Scottish Household Survey.

4. 280 respondents aged 14-17 were interviewed, but the weighted base is 86 (4.8% of the population).

5. For a version of this data with those who do not use each source excluded, please see appendix 1.

6. Scottish Government: Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics: 1990-2019

7. Taken from research report published in Environmental Research Letters, Volume 15, Number 9. Quantifying the potential for climate change mitigation of consumption options - IOPscience

8. Targets taken from ONS mid-year population estimates.

9. Ethnicity targets taken from 2011 census. Educational attainment targets taken from the 2019 Scottish Household Survey.

10. 280 respondents aged 14-17 were interviewed, but the weighted base is 86 (4.8% of the population).

Contact

Email: ClimateChangeEngagement@gov.scot

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