Public Attitudes towards climate change and the impact of transport

Introduction

This report summarises people's attitudes to climate change in relation to transport. It is based on a survey module included in the Office for National Statistics' Omnibus Survey in August 2006, April 2007, August 2007, February 2008 and August 2008.
It covers the following issues:

  • levels of concern about the environment and climate change;
  • knowledge about the causes of climate change, including the contribution of transport;
  • knowledge about the consequences of climate change and views on the potential for behavioural change to reduce the impacts;
  • levels of support for a range of policy options to reduce transport emissions and the extent to which concern about climate change has the potential to enfluence travel behaviour.

Publication details

Published on 26 February 2009 by Transport Statistics as official statistics.

Email attitudes.stats@dft.gsi.gov.uk for queries concerning this report 

Notes

A set of factsheets on UK Transport and Climate Change data will be published by Transport Statistics by the end of March 2009.  These will provide a useful guide to the sources of UK climate change data available on transport.  TSGB table 3.7 relating to carbon dioxide emissions from UK transport will also be updated.

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