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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · 8h

There's some interesting MP polling by Pearson and Wager that is worth looking at: doi.org/10.1093/pa/g.... Climate Barometer also have a rich resource of MP polling over the last few years on climate issues (including some trackers) which may be if interest: climatebarometer.org/climate-baro...

Not so different: Comparing British MPs’ and voters’ attitudes to climate change

Abstract. There is a growing literature investigating the attitudes of political elites and citizens in a range of areas, and this article uses matched sur

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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · 6d

New paper with @lucasgeese.bsky.social at @commsearth.nature.com

UK MPs + publics in Britain, Canada, Chile & Germany underestimated the urgency of peaking global GHG emissions when surveyed in 2023.

@tyndallcentre.bsky.social @cast-centre.bsky.social
@climateuea.bsky.social

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Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions

Communications Earth & Environment - UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is...

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Communications Earth & Environment @commsearth.nature.com · 5d

UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is evident among the public in Britain, Canada, Chile, and Germany.

John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · 6d

New paper with @lucasgeese.bsky.social at @commsearth.nature.com

UK MPs + publics in Britain, Canada, Chile & Germany underestimated the urgency of peaking global GHG emissions when surveyed in 2023.

@tyndallcentre.bsky.social @cast-centre.bsky.social
@climateuea.bsky.social

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Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions

Communications Earth & Environment - UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is...

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University of East Anglia (UEA) @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social · 5d

A new UEA study has found that UK Members of Parliament (MPs) and the public overestimated the time left to meet a critical deadline for limiting global warming. 

Read more 👉 bit.ly/3KAs1y2

#UKParliament #MPs #ClimateChange
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View of the Palace of Westminster and Big Ben next to the River Thames under a partly cloudy sky.

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lucasgeese.bsky.social @lucasgeese.bsky.social · 6d

Bit of an awkward coincidence that our paper comes out on the day Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap the UK Climate Change Act, but perhaps provides also a bit of an explanation:

Many UK politicians, and Tories especially, still don't fully grasp the urgency of cutting greenhouse gas emissions!
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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · 6d

New paper with @lucasgeese.bsky.social at @commsearth.nature.com

UK MPs + publics in Britain, Canada, Chile & Germany underestimated the urgency of peaking global GHG emissions when surveyed in 2023.

@tyndallcentre.bsky.social @cast-centre.bsky.social
@climateuea.bsky.social

rdcu.be/eI4J3

Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions

Communications Earth & Environment - UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is...

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 6d

As part of our Infra4NextGen project, @ess-survey.bsky.social has just released a new data summary that brings together insights from the European Social Survey, European Values Study, and the International Social Survey Programme...

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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · 6d

New paper with @lucasgeese.bsky.social at @commsearth.nature.com

UK MPs + publics in Britain, Canada, Chile & Germany underestimated the urgency of peaking global GHG emissions when surveyed in 2023.

@tyndallcentre.bsky.social @cast-centre.bsky.social
@climateuea.bsky.social

rdcu.be/eI4J3

Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions

Communications Earth & Environment - UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is...

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Ioannis Andreadis @andreadis.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Challenge of Mobilizing Voters on Climate Policy Pledges When Climate is Low on the Political Agenda: Evidence from the 2024 UK General Election by @johnkenny.bsky.social in the Recent Elections in Europe: Trends and Challenges panel organized by @ecprpovb.bsky.social.

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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our review article on the use of climate change questions in public opinion surveys is now available in the current issue of Environmental Politics.

Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Aug 27

Review Article:

A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys by John Kenny, Lucas Geese, Andrew Jordan & Irene Lorenzoni
Pages: 1114-1140

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A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys

Climate change is a significant site of political contestation, with public opinion frequently invoked to support claims for more (or less) action. Yet, ‘climate change public opinion’ is an umbrel...

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Aug 11

📢 New Publication 📢

📄 Review article in Nature Climate Change

It examines how resistance to climate policy is reshaping politics & why populist right parties are the main beneficiaries?

(with Valentina Bosseti, Italo Colantone & Giorgio Musto)

Short 🧵

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Green backlash and right-wing populism - Nature Climate Change

This Review considers research on the politics of climate policies. Climate policies, through their economic and cultural repercussions, impact public climate attitudes and voting behaviour, which in ...

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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · May 28

SEMINAR: A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys 👥

Watch this live seminar at the University of Bologna, delivered by UEA's @johnkenny.bsky.social today
🕑2pm (UK time)

No need to register, just join online here: phd.unibo.it/pss/en/agend... #AcademicSky

A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys

John Kenny, Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia

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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · Apr 15

New paper out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social with Michael Lewis-Beck. We show that political economy models - based on inflation rate, government/prime minister approval, and the number of terms in office - performed well in forecasting CON vote share ahead of the 2024 GE
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Polity, Journal of Political Science @polityalsberuf.bsky.social · Apr 15

In “The Authentic A**hole: Candidate Consistency, Causality, and the Vote,” @sofiabrei.bsky.social, @johnkenny.bsky.social, @jaclarner.bsky.social, Dieter Stiers, and Michael S. Lewis-Beck make use of a survey vignette experiment in Britain.

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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · Apr 15

New paper out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social with Michael Lewis-Beck. We show that political economy models - based on inflation rate, government/prime minister approval, and the number of terms in office - performed well in forecasting CON vote share ahead of the 2024 GE
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lucasgeese.bsky.social @lucasgeese.bsky.social · Apr 11

What can we learn from the 2024 General Election for the UK climate politics of the future? Very happy to see @johnkenny.bsky.social and my report published in collaboration with @green-alliance.org.uk and @cast-centre.bsky.social. See 👇 for the details.

Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · Apr 8

1/ Polling by @cast-centre.bsky.social around the last general election is the subject of our latest report.

It shows voters' opinions on environmental policies were less divided than portrayed by the media & some parties, with agreement and support for green policies across the political spectrum.

Opinion on climate change policy during the 2024 general election

Written by researchers at CAST, this report explores how voters in the 2024 general election were thinking about climate policies, with fresh insights for future elections.

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The Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) @cast-centre.bsky.social · Apr 9

Great to see CAST 2024 polling be the focus of @green-alliance.org.uk's latest report on public opinion on climate policy during the 2024 general election. 🗳️

The report was written by CAST's @johnkenny.bsky.social & @lucasgeese.bsky.social and examines climate policy support.

Read the report 👇

Opinion on climate change policy during the 2024 general election » Green Alliance

Green Alliance is an independent think tank and charity focused on ambitious leadership for the environment

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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · Apr 8

In this report with @lucasgeese.bsky.social, we present findings from polling we carried out just before last year's UK general election in which we examined support for climate policies among the British public.

@cast-centre.bsky.social @climateuea.bsky.social @tyndallcentre.bsky.social

Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · Apr 8

1/ Polling by @cast-centre.bsky.social around the last general election is the subject of our latest report.

It shows voters' opinions on environmental policies were less divided than portrayed by the media & some parties, with agreement and support for green policies across the political spectrum.

Opinion on climate change policy during the 2024 general election

Written by researchers at CAST, this report explores how voters in the 2024 general election were thinking about climate policies, with fresh insights for future elections.

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Polity, Journal of Political Science @polityalsberuf.bsky.social · Apr 8

Check out the Guest Editors' Note from our April Issue, written by @johnkenny.bsky.social , @sofiabrei.bsky.social , and Michael S. Lewis-Beck. It is available here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/curr...

Polity | Vol 57, No 2

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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · Apr 8

In this report with @lucasgeese.bsky.social, we present findings from polling we carried out just before last year's UK general election in which we examined support for climate policies among the British public.

@cast-centre.bsky.social @climateuea.bsky.social @tyndallcentre.bsky.social

Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · Apr 8

1/ Polling by @cast-centre.bsky.social around the last general election is the subject of our latest report.

It shows voters' opinions on environmental policies were less divided than portrayed by the media & some parties, with agreement and support for green policies across the political spectrum.

Opinion on climate change policy during the 2024 general election

Written by researchers at CAST, this report explores how voters in the 2024 general election were thinking about climate policies, with fresh insights for future elections.

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Steve Fisher @stevefisher.bsky.social · Mar 27

My new post @deltapoll.bsky.social

deltapoll.co.uk/net-zero-sce...

Badenoch said "net zero is impossible”.

But 52% approve, 18% disapprove, of the net zero 2050 law.

Even +26 point net approval among Con voters.

However, disapproval up from 8% in 2019 to 18% now.

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Net-zero scepticism rising on the right | Deltapoll

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Dr. Hannah Bunting @hannahbunting.bsky.social · Mar 26

Doing cool research on elections, public opinion and/or parties? Don't forget to submit your abstract for EPOP 2025 before the end of April. Link to the form here: forms.office.com/e/4wBNMq4qwi

Come share your work with an awesome group of scholars! Any questions, contact [email protected] 😊

Microsoft Forms

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Chantal Sullivan-Thomsett @chantal-st.bsky.social · Mar 24

Starting this week with another output - brief reflections on the recent German election along with my other co-convenors of the @psagermanpol.bsky.social of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

In it we raise the importance of a party's perceived brand of authenticity in an election campaign!

Matthias Dilling @matthiasdilling.bsky.social · Mar 24

As we're waiting for the next steps in CDU/CSU & SPD's coalition talks, very happy to see our short reflection on Germany's election out in Political Insight @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social. It aims to provide an accessible overview of some key lessons for the future of 🇩🇪 & 🇪🇺. doi.org/10.1177/2041...

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Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · Mar 24

Technological change has had important consequences for labour markets in recent decades. What about its electoral consequences? In this new article in EJPR, we use administrative data to follow nearly a million workers over 16 years to study this. 🧵

ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The gendered long‐term consequences of automation risk on electoral behaviour: Evidence from Norway

We examine long-run effects of automation risk on turnout. We expect gendered negative effects because men's turnout is more sensitive to job loss and earnings, but negative effects might be offset b...

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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · Mar 19

Delighted to see our new article published in International Journal of Forecasting.

For those without a subscription, free access is available until May 7 through the link below.

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John Kenny @johnkenny.bsky.social · Mar 19

Delighted to see our new article published in International Journal of Forecasting.

For those without a subscription, free access is available until May 7 through the link below.

authors.elsevier.com/c/1knSqcUIKd...

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