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Apr 23

Earth Day Feature: Insights on heating, diet and climate change – ESI Africa

As the world observes Earth Day today, research by Energy Systems Catapult highlights that while 75% of people believe climate change is a serious threat, they are still unclear as to which activities in their lives emit carbon.

Thetheme for Earth Day 2020is climate action. The enormous challenge but also the vast opportunities of action on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary.

According to the Energy Systems Catapult analysis, only 49% of people that participated in the research, realise that natural gas heating contributes to carbon emissions.

The studyUnderstanding Net Zero: A consumer perspectiveforms part of the Innovating to Net Zero project that recently modelled 100s of potential pathways to achieve 2050 carbon targets.

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Over 2,000 people were surveyed in January 2020 and focus groups conducted to understand public attitudes, including:

Matt Lipson, Energy Systems Catapult consumer insight business lead, said: Most people believe that climate change is a big problem and accept they have a personal responsibility to do something about it. But this concern does not necessarily translate into understanding the biggest sources of carbon emissions or the actions that will make the most difference to cutting them

This research underlines the huge challenge of focusing the publics willingness to tackle climate change on the areas where actions can make the most difference, and where progress is slower, such as transport and heating.

What do you think about climate change?

Choose all sources you think produce emissions that contribute to climate change?

What actions would people consider taking to reduce their carbon emissions?

Which actions have people taken already?

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