Perceptions of energy & climate challenges for Britain 2012-2019

This statistic shows how respondents to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Energy and Climate Change Public Attitude Tracking Survey in the United Kingdom (UK) rated climate change and energy supply among other issues facing Britain, from 2012 and 2018. While levels of concern about energy supply remained equally low in 2017 and 2018, the proportion of respondents saying they rate climate change as a top three challenge increased in 2018 to 23 percent.

Which of these areas* do you feel represents the biggest/second biggest/third biggest challenge that Britain is facing today?

Characteristic	March 2012	March 2013	March 2014	March 2015	March 2016	March 2017	March 2018
Climate change (top 3 challenge)	10%	17%	22%	15%	22%	21%	23%
Climate change (top challenge)	2%	5%	8%	5%	6%	5%	7%
Energy supply (top 3 challenge)	16%	26%	31%	20%	14%	13%	11%
Energy supply (top challenge)	3%	6%	8%	3%	2%	2%	2%

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Release date

April 2018

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March 2012 to March 2019

Number of respondents

2,102 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

UK Households

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Options included unemployment, Inflation/rising prices, National Health Service, crime/law and order, education, level of taxation, national security/defence, energy supply, climate change, and don't know.
-Base 2017 = 2,180 UK households.
-Base 2016 = 2,105 UK households.
-Base 2015 = 1,981 UK households.
-Base 2014 = 2,040 UK households.
-Base 2013 = 2,057 UK households.
-Base 2012 = 2,121 UK households.

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