PECC Research Brief on the Green Industrial Revolution

The PECC Lab has just released a new study on public support for the Green Industrial Revolution. In this Research Brief, we present results from an original nationally representative survey of approximately 3,000 respondents from the UK.

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Executive Summary:

• The Prime Minister has recently unveiled a ten-point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution to meet net-zero emissions targets.
• We conducted an original survey experiment to causally identify the public’s support for particular points of this plan and their overall level of support.
• Public support is increased substantially by consumer grants for electric vehicles, funding of electric public transport, planting of trees, and wind power.
• Investment in air and sea vehicles and nuclear power does not meaningfully increase the public’s support.
• An ambitious version of the Green Industrial Revolution sees majority support amongst the public, while taking no action is widely opposed.
• This ambitious version of the Green Industrial Revolution sees support across party lines, being similarly popular amongst Conservative and Labour supporters.