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We are the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations; an @ESRC funded research centre exploring the science of climate action. Based at @uniofbath
Mar 26, 2021 7 tweets 4 min read
THREAD: How do people in the UK feel about #ClimateChange, & how willing are they to support climate policies or make lifestyle changes?

Our new wave 1 survey results reveal perceptions around:
🥩 Food
✈️ Travel & transport
🌡️ Heating
🛒 Consumption

Here are 5 key takeaways: 1/ A man looks a a flooded urban road with safety signage. Climate concern remains high.

39% of people were very or extremely worried about climate change, up from 25% four years ago. Only 7% describe themselves as 'not at all worried'. 2/
Sep 16, 2019 5 tweets 5 min read
🎉Today marks the start of the our launch week! 🎉 We'd like to introduce ourselves and tell you a bit about what we do.

We research the social science of #ClimateAction

We're a partnership between @cardiffuni @uniofeastanglia @UniOfYork @OfficialUoM & @ClimateOutreach. 1/5 We're funded by @ESRC and our work focuses on four challenging areas which have substantial #climate impacts, but which have so far proven difficult to change:

🥕Food and Diet
🚲Transport
🌡️Heating and Cooling
🛒Material Consumption

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