
People plan to drive more post-Covid, climate poll shows | The Guardian
Exclusive: Gap between actions and beliefs threatens green recovery from pandemic
Jonathan Watts
Tue 10 Nov 2020 10.07 GMT
People are planning to drive more in future than they did before the coronavirus pandemic, a survey suggests, even though the overwhelming majority accept human responsibility for the climate crisis.
The apparent disconnect between beliefs and actions raises fears that without strong political intervention, these actions could undermine efforts to meet the targets set in the Paris agreement and hopes of a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis.
Approximately 26,000 people in 25 countries were polled in July and August by the YouGov-Cambridge Globalism Project, in a survey designed with the Guardian.