Letter to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, following decision to delay climate policies

Climate Outreach argues that public support for net zero remains high and that the UK government should address cost-of-living concerns through a transparent public engagement strategy and visionary communication rather than by backtracking on climate policies.

• Research indicates that the public desires bold leadership on climate change rather than the reversal of policies, and support for the net zero transition remains high, particularly for measures that simultaneously reduce emissions and lower costs for individuals.
• There is a significant gap in public knowledge regarding net zero in the UK; according to the government's Public Attitudes Tracker, 48% of respondents reported knowing 'only a little or hardly anything' about the issue, and 11% had never heard of it.
• The UK government has yet to fulfill its COP26 commitment to publish a public engagement strategy on net zero, which Climate Outreach asserts is essential for building public consent and ensuring policies are perceived as fair.

APA

Orr, R. (2023). Letter to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, following decision to delay climate policies. Climate Outreach. https://climateoutreach.org/letter-rishi-sunak-delayed-climate-policies/

Chicago

Orr, Rachael. Letter to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, following decision to delay climate policies. Climate Outreach, 2023. https://climateoutreach.org/letter-rishi-sunak-delayed-climate-policies/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{orr2023letter, author = {Orr, Rachael}, title = {{Letter to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, following decision to delay climate policies}}, publisher = {Climate Outreach}, year = {2023}, month = sep, url = {https://climateoutreach.org/letter-rishi-sunak-delayed-climate-policies/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }