School kids call for more cycling as 59% see “too many cars” at school gates – Cycle Industry News
Liberty Sheldon19 April, 2021
Of those surveyed, just over three fifths (62%) don’t think adults are doing enough to tackle climate change, with 71% of the pupils admitting to feeling worried about climate change, and just over half (53%) believing that adults don’t listen to children’s concerns about the topic.
40% of pupils thought that encouraging more people to walk, cycle or scoot to school was the best way to bring down levels of air pollution near their school, and 38% thought that walking and cycling for local journeys was the most important thing that adults should be doing to tackle climate change overall.
