YouGov has just published its figures on UK public opinion on climate change.
...the percentage of people thinking that human activity is making the world warmer fell between 2008 and 2010, but has been pretty constant for the last 3 years. However, the proportion of people who think the world isn’t getting warmer at all has markedly increased – from just 7% in 2008 to 28% now.
Given that temperatures haven't been going up (and in the UK have become cooler, I believe) that's not surprising. However the survey also looked at some questions focused on the newer narrative of "climate change" rather than good old "global warming".
This month YouGov asked two questions in parallel, on two separate samples – one asking about the world getting warmer, the other asking about the world’s climate changing. It produces very different results.
- 39% of people think human activity is making the world warmer. 53% of people think human activity is changing the world’s climate.
- 16% think the world is getting warmer, but not because of human activity. 26% think the climate is changing, but NOT because of human activity
- 28% think the world is NOT getting warmer. 6% think the climate is not changing.