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John Kenny
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Postdoctoral researcher at the University of East Anglia
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New paper with @lucasgeese.bsky.social at @commsearth.nature.com

UK MPs + publics in Britain, Canada, Chile & Germany underestimated the urgency of peaking global GHG emissions when surveyed in 2023.

@tyndallcentre.bsky.social @cast-centre.bsky.social
@climateuea.bsky.social

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Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions
Communications Earth & Environment - UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is...
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New paper out with @stevefisher.bsky.social at @environmentalpol.bsky.social.

We use @ess-survey.bsky.social from 2016-17 and 2020-22 to show how climate worry rose across Europe, and in Western Europe especially so for left individuals and voters of left parties.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Europeans’ climate consciousness: increased yet more politicised
As climate change became more important to voters and political parties in the late 2010s in Europe, this paper asks whether aspects of public opinion on the issue also became more politicised, in ...
doi.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Thanks very much!
December 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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New paper, with @johnkenny.bsky.social, shows politicisation of climate change attitudes in Europe from 2016 to 2022 increased mostly because of greater climate consciousness among those on the left rather than less among those on the right:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Europeans’ climate consciousness: increased yet more politicised
As climate change became more important to voters and political parties in the late 2010s in Europe, this paper asks whether aspects of public opinion on the issue also became more politicised, in ...
www.tandfonline.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
New paper out with @stevefisher.bsky.social at @environmentalpol.bsky.social.

We use @ess-survey.bsky.social from 2016-17 and 2020-22 to show how climate worry rose across Europe, and in Western Europe especially so for left individuals and voters of left parties.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Europeans’ climate consciousness: increased yet more politicised
As climate change became more important to voters and political parties in the late 2010s in Europe, this paper asks whether aspects of public opinion on the issue also became more politicised, in ...
doi.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Very pleased to see our new article out in JEPOP. It details some of the fascinating insights we gleaned from digitalising and cleaning almost 800 individual-level polls carried out by Gallup in Britain between 1955-1991.
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Very pleased to see our new article out in JEPOP. It details some of the fascinating insights we gleaned from digitalising and cleaning almost 800 individual-level polls carried out by Gallup in Britain between 1955-1991.
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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New blog post & case study: CAST affiliate, Dr John Kenny (@johnkenny.bsky.social) explores his climate change public opinion research and how his framework is shaping the design of public opinion surveys, on the UK Data Service's (@ukdsimpact.bsky.social) website. 📣

Read the blog post 👇
How we put together a framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinions surveys – Data Impact blog @ 10
John Kenny, from the Tyndall Centre, introduces a new UK Data Service case study. The case study explores his climate change public opinion research and how his framework is shaping the design of European public opinion surveys.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
December 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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A recent report reveals both UK MPs and the public greatly misjudge the timeframe for #ClimateAction. Few are aware the IPCC indicates emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C. Learn more about the study ⬇️ tyndall.ac.uk/news/mps-and...
MPs and public overestimate time left for climate action, study finds - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
A new study has found that UK Members of Parliament (MPs) and the public overestimated the time left to meet a critical deadline for limiting global warming.
tyndall.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Super excited to finally see this project out in the wild! What a journey it's been! Looking forward to see how people will use this awesome data. See thread below for more details from @jacobnyrup.bsky.social.
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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A new CAST study has found that UK MPs and the public in the UK, Canada, Chile & Germany underestimated the urgency of peaking global GHG emissions. 📣

Read the paper in @commsearth.nature.com, co-authored by Dr John Kenny (@johnkenny.bsky.social) & Dr Lucas Geese (@lucasgeese.bsky.social) 👇
Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions
Communications Earth & Environment - UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is...
rdcu.be
October 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Few realise how short the window really is. Science says global emissions must peak by 2025. Yet publics in 🇬🇧 & 🇩🇪 still believe there’s more time left.
October 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
There's some interesting MP polling by Pearson and Wager that is worth looking at: doi.org/10.1093/pa/g.... Climate Barometer also have a rich resource of MP polling over the last few years on climate issues (including some trackers) which may be if interest: climatebarometer.org/climate-baro...
Not so different: Comparing British MPs’ and voters’ attitudes to climate change
Abstract. There is a growing literature investigating the attitudes of political elites and citizens in a range of areas, and this article uses matched sur
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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New paper with @lucasgeese.bsky.social at @commsearth.nature.com

UK MPs + publics in Britain, Canada, Chile & Germany underestimated the urgency of peaking global GHG emissions when surveyed in 2023.

@tyndallcentre.bsky.social @cast-centre.bsky.social
@climateuea.bsky.social

rdcu.be/eI4J3
Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions
Communications Earth & Environment - UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is...
rdcu.be
October 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is evident among the public in Britain, Canada, Chile, and Germany.
October 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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A new UEA study has found that UK Members of Parliament (MPs) and the public overestimated the time left to meet a critical deadline for limiting global warming. 

Read more 👉 bit.ly/3KAs1y2

#UKParliament #MPs #ClimateChange
@ukri.org
@climateuea.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Bit of an awkward coincidence that our paper comes out on the day Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap the UK Climate Change Act, but perhaps provides also a bit of an explanation:

Many UK politicians, and Tories especially, still don't fully grasp the urgency of cutting greenhouse gas emissions!
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October 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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As part of our Infra4NextGen project, @ess-survey.bsky.social has just released a new data summary that brings together insights from the European Social Survey, European Values Study, and the International Social Survey Programme...

infra4nextgen.com/wp-content/u... (1/)
October 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
New paper with @lucasgeese.bsky.social at @commsearth.nature.com

UK MPs + publics in Britain, Canada, Chile & Germany underestimated the urgency of peaking global GHG emissions when surveyed in 2023.

@tyndallcentre.bsky.social @cast-centre.bsky.social
@climateuea.bsky.social

rdcu.be/eI4J3
Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions
Communications Earth & Environment - UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is...
rdcu.be
October 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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The Challenge of Mobilizing Voters on Climate Policy Pledges When Climate is Low on the Political Agenda: Evidence from the 2024 UK General Election by @johnkenny.bsky.social in the Recent Elections in Europe: Trends and Challenges panel organized by @ecprpovb.bsky.social.
September 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Our review article on the use of climate change questions in public opinion surveys is now available in the current issue of Environmental Politics.
August 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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📢 New Publication 📢

📄 Review article in Nature Climate Change

It examines how resistance to climate policy is reshaping politics & why populist right parties are the main beneficiaries?

(with Valentina Bosseti, Italo Colantone & Giorgio Musto)

Short 🧵

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Green backlash and right-wing populism - Nature Climate Change
This Review considers research on the politics of climate policies. Climate policies, through their economic and cultural repercussions, impact public climate attitudes and voting behaviour, which in ...
www.nature.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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SEMINAR: A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys 👥

Watch this live seminar at the University of Bologna, delivered by UEA's @johnkenny.bsky.social today
🕑2pm (UK time)

No need to register, just join online here: phd.unibo.it/pss/en/agend... #AcademicSky
A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys
John Kenny, Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia
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May 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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New paper out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social with Michael Lewis-Beck. We show that political economy models - based on inflation rate, government/prime minister approval, and the number of terms in office - performed well in forecasting CON vote share ahead of the 2024 GE
doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
April 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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In “The Authentic A**hole: Candidate Consistency, Causality, and the Vote,” @sofiabrei.bsky.social, @johnkenny.bsky.social, @jaclarner.bsky.social, Dieter Stiers, and Michael S. Lewis-Beck make use of a survey vignette experiment in Britain.
April 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM