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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · Oct 2
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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tyndallcentre.bsky.social
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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peterla.bsky.social
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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cast-centre.bsky.social
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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thomastuntschew.bsky.social
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
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johnkenny.bsky.social
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
Reposted by John Kenny
commsearth.nature.com
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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uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
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
View of the Palace of Westminster and Big Ben next to the River Thames under a partly cloudy sky.
October 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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lucasgeese.bsky.social
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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wouterpoortinga.bsky.social
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...

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October 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
johnkenny.bsky.social
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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andreadis.bsky.social
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
johnkenny.bsky.social
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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catherinedevries.bsky.social
📢 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 ...
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August 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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tyndallcentre.bsky.social
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
phd.unibo.it
May 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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johnkenny.bsky.social
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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polityalsberuf.bsky.social
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
johnkenny.bsky.social
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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lucasgeese.bsky.social
What can we learn from the 2024 General Election for the UK climate politics of the future? Very happy to see @johnkenny.bsky.social and my report published in collaboration with @green-alliance.org.uk and @cast-centre.bsky.social. See 👇 for the details.
green-alliance.org.uk Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · Apr 8
1/ Polling by @cast-centre.bsky.social around the last general election is the subject of our latest report.

It shows voters' opinions on environmental policies were less divided than portrayed by the media & some parties, with agreement and support for green policies across the political spectrum.
Opinion on climate change policy during the 2024 general election
Written by researchers at CAST, this report explores how voters in the 2024 general election were thinking about climate policies, with fresh insights for future elections.
green-alliance.org.uk
April 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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cast-centre.bsky.social
Great to see CAST 2024 polling be the focus of @green-alliance.org.uk's latest report on public opinion on climate policy during the 2024 general election. 🗳️

The report was written by CAST's @johnkenny.bsky.social & @lucasgeese.bsky.social and examines climate policy support.

Read the report 👇
Opinion on climate change policy during the 2024 general election » Green Alliance
Green Alliance is an independent think tank and charity focused on ambitious leadership for the environment
green-alliance.org.uk
April 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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johnkenny.bsky.social
In this report with @lucasgeese.bsky.social, we present findings from polling we carried out just before last year's UK general election in which we examined support for climate policies among the British public.

@cast-centre.bsky.social @climateuea.bsky.social @tyndallcentre.bsky.social
green-alliance.org.uk Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · Apr 8
1/ Polling by @cast-centre.bsky.social around the last general election is the subject of our latest report.

It shows voters' opinions on environmental policies were less divided than portrayed by the media & some parties, with agreement and support for green policies across the political spectrum.
Opinion on climate change policy during the 2024 general election
Written by researchers at CAST, this report explores how voters in the 2024 general election were thinking about climate policies, with fresh insights for future elections.
green-alliance.org.uk
April 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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polityalsberuf.bsky.social
Check out the Guest Editors' Note from our April Issue, written by @johnkenny.bsky.social , @sofiabrei.bsky.social , and Michael S. Lewis-Beck. It is available here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/curr...
Polity | Vol 57, No 2
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April 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
johnkenny.bsky.social
In this report with @lucasgeese.bsky.social, we present findings from polling we carried out just before last year's UK general election in which we examined support for climate policies among the British public.

@cast-centre.bsky.social @climateuea.bsky.social @tyndallcentre.bsky.social
green-alliance.org.uk Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · Apr 8
1/ Polling by @cast-centre.bsky.social around the last general election is the subject of our latest report.

It shows voters' opinions on environmental policies were less divided than portrayed by the media & some parties, with agreement and support for green policies across the political spectrum.
Opinion on climate change policy during the 2024 general election
Written by researchers at CAST, this report explores how voters in the 2024 general election were thinking about climate policies, with fresh insights for future elections.
green-alliance.org.uk
April 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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stevefisher.bsky.social
My new post @deltapoll.bsky.social

deltapoll.co.uk/net-zero-sce...

Badenoch said "net zero is impossible”.

But 52% approve, 18% disapprove, of the net zero 2050 law.

Even +26 point net approval among Con voters.

However, disapproval up from 8% in 2019 to 18% now.

Thread 1/...
Net-zero scepticism rising on the right | Deltapoll
deltapoll.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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hannahbunting.bsky.social
Doing cool research on elections, public opinion and/or parties? Don't forget to submit your abstract for EPOP 2025 before the end of April. Link to the form here: forms.office.com/e/4wBNMq4qwi

Come share your work with an awesome group of scholars! Any questions, contact elections@exeter.ac.uk 😊
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March 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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chantal-st.bsky.social
Starting this week with another output - brief reflections on the recent German election along with my other co-convenors of the @psagermanpol.bsky.social of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

In it we raise the importance of a party's perceived brand of authenticity in an election campaign!
matthiasdilling.bsky.social Matthias Dilling @matthiasdilling.bsky.social · Mar 24
As we're waiting for the next steps in CDU/CSU & SPD's coalition talks, very happy to see our short reflection on Germany's election out in Political Insight @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social. It aims to provide an accessible overview of some key lessons for the future of 🇩🇪 & 🇪🇺. doi.org/10.1177/2041...
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March 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM