UK: views on cause of climate change 2021

This survey is part of a climate change public attitude survey in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021. 'Climate change is mainly caused by human activity' was the most popular response, with 38 percent of respondents saying that was the statement most closely reflecting their views.

Thinking about the causes of climate change, which, if any, of the following best describes your opinion?

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
Climate change is mainly caused by human activity	38%
Climate change is partly caused by natural processes and partly caused by human activity	33%
Climate change is entirely caused by human activity	13%
Climate change is mainly caused by natural processes	6%
Don't know / no opinion	5%
Climate change is entirely caused by natural processes	4%
I don't think there is such a thing as climate change	1%

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Release date

May 2021

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March 2021

Number of respondents

4,029 respondents

Age group

Special properties

UK households

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

This statistic using original data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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