People power: The case for a national public engagement plan for climate change

Cecilia Keating
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People power: The case for a national public engagement plan for climate change

A failure to inform and engage the public with the climate crisis could result in a 'vocal and unrepresentative minority of the population' undermining net zero goals, according to a major new report

It has been a torrid summer for climate policy. In the wake of the Tories' razor-thin win in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Ministers promised to reevaluate...

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