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6: Energy - Climate Outreach Britain Talks Climate 2025 Insights Report - People are supportive and proud of the UK’s move towards clean energy.

👉 How people think and feel about energy, including the shift to renewables: climateoutreach.org/btc/2025/rep...

🎉 Great news: the UK’s emissions fell to their lowest level in 150 years last year, with coal use roughly halving.

𖣘 We also saw record-breaking generation from renewable sources, especially wind & solar.

👉 Read @carbonbrief.org's analysis: www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

Blog featured on @businessgreen.bsky.social, photo credit: Alastair Johnstone Hack / Climate Visuals.

Check our latest research which tells us that Brits want to see farmers better supported - and our food supply better protected: climateoutreach.org/btc/2025/rep...

Farmers across the country have been facing a perfect storm of poor harvests and financial strain. 🚜

👉 Hayden Banks, our Advocacy Manager, makes the case for
better supporting our farmers: www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4526201/farmers-highly-valued-uk-public-government-backing-protect-food-supply

The Local and Devolved elections are fast approaching. Join us to find out how to get voters on side when you're talking about climate & nature whilst out canvassing. 🗣️🏡

🗓️ Tuesday 10 March 🕜 6.30pm - 7.30pm📍Online
👉 Register for the webinar: climateoutreach.org/training-tal...

Public letter to the Prime Minister Public letter urging the UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, to prioritise nature in his climate, foreign affairs and development policy.

🌿 Brits people want to see strong and ambitious leadership to protect our natural environment. We’ve signed an open letter to the PM to express our concern that the Government is failing to provide international leadership on nature recovery.

👉 Read the open letter: www.wwf.org.uk/updates/publ...

💡In Scotland, more people take pride in the offshore wind industry than in the North Sea oil and gas industry.

Our insights show that:
💡 44% of people say that the Scottish Government should oppose Westminster in ending new offshore drilling licenses in the North Sea.
💡People think it’s the sign of a strong leader to take on businesses that pollute the environment.

Scottish Labour MP Chris Murray said: “With the North Sea’s oil supply dwindling, Scotland’s energy sector must transition to clean energy, or workers risk being left behind.”

Licensing Rosebank risks deepening distrust and will backpedal progress What people across the UK think and feel about fossil fuels and renewables as an alternative - and what this means for climate communicators.

More than 60 MPs and elected officials in Scotland have signed Uplift’s pledge against the development of the Rosebank oil field, many from the Labour party.

👉 Read the story: www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

👉 How to frame the Rosebank debate: climateoutreach.org/rosebank-ris...

📢 Are you supportive of community energy and want to see its full potential realised? @commenergyengland.bsky.social are calling for signatures to an open letter to the Government by 2 March.

Help remove barriers & unlock local power.

👉 Sign here: actionnetwork.org/forms/open-l...

#UpTheEnergy

🗣️🏡 With the Local and Devolved elections just around the corner, join Climate Outreach and Round Our Way to find out how to speak to voters about the climate & nature issues they care about.

🗓️ Tuesday 10 March 🕜 6.30pm - 7.30pm📍Online
👉 Register for the webinar: climateoutreach.org/training-tal...

Council leaders risk losing people’s support if they cosy up to the fossil fuel industry Leaders of Local Government who support fossil fuels and squander opportunities presented by renewables are out of step with what British people want.

🛢️Andrea Jenkyns, Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire and member of Reform UK, is relationship-building with a US oil & gas company to introduce fracking.

Research tells us leaders who cosy up to the fossil fuel industry will lose trust & support.

👉 Read our blog: climateoutreach.org/council-lead...

Toolkit - Energy in the home - Climate Outreach BTC 2025 Communications Toolkit - Talking about... energy in the home. Three do’s and a don’t for communicators

To lower bills in the long-term and support a fairer future, let’s celebrate & adopt clean energy at a faster pace.

👉 How to talk about energy: climateoutreach.org/btc/2025/too...

👉 More on the price cap announcement from End Fuel Poverty Coalition: www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/about-fuel-p...

💡Alongside a widespread backing for clean energy, people are more likely to think it will cost them than save them money if we scrap plans to tackle climate change. However, we can’t promise people that a transition towards clean energy in the home will save them money instantly.

💡People across the UK back clean energy. Only 1 in 10 of us don’t like seeing solar panels on roofs. Just 15% of us don’t like seeing wind turbines, and 74% of people that intend to Conservative or Reform either like or don’t mind seeing them.

📢 Today’s price cap announcement from Ofgem means the average energy bill in the UK will fall by £117 between April-June.

Whilst this is positive progress, bills will remain £599 above pre-energy crisis levels.

A faster transition to renewables will play a key role in further driving down bills.

Renewables chart a clear path to cheaper and cleaner energy. How we talk about this transition has the power to shift both the narrative and our overreliance on fossil fuels.

Here’s what we recommend:
𖣘 Show that people support a move towards clean energy, away from fossil fuels.
☀️ Inspire a better future, without trashing the past.
👥 Incorporate the views of people in Scotland

🏗🛢 The Government’s decision on licensing the highly contentious Rosebank oil field is expected soon.

How should we frame the debate - based on how people across the UK think about fossil fuels, and renewables as an alternative?

👉 Check out our blog: climateoutreach.org/rosebank-ris...

With thanks to our partners on the research: @wellcometrust.bsky.social, Cultural Philanthropy Foundation and @moreincommonuk.bsky.social Common, and funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social and the European Climate Foundation.

The feature shows many others raising awareness on climate change in humorous and human ways - like political satirists Jonathan Pie and Cody Dahler, and climate campaigners Dominique Palmer and Leah Thomas.

Channel 4 spoke to Matt Winning, comedian & climate scientist, who is doing a run at Soho Theatre of his show about fatherhood & climate change.

👥 Matt says “Climate change is about people. The way we talk about it, the way it’s communicated, is always so far away from people’s day to day lives.”

💡We know from our latest research that people want to see more climate content in entertainment. We also know Brits are more likely to trust people who are down to earth and know their stuff on climate.

📢 Did you catch us on @channel4news.bsky.social last night in their hot take on using comedy to fight back against climate change? It's not just a funny coincidence...

👉 Watch the feature from 46:45: www.channel4.com/programmes/c...

👉 Check out our research: climateoutreach.org/btc/2025/rep...

📌 Hayden Banks, Advocacy Manager at Climate Outreach will present the research and recommendations
📌 @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social, Co-Director @roundourwayuk.bsky.social will cover the importance of storytelling in climate conversation.

We will end with a Q&A session.

Featuring insights from our latest research based on what 7,000+ British people think and feel about the big topics, taken from Britain Talks Climate & Nature.

What you’ll learn:
📌 Climate & nature issues that communities care about such as the local environment, and how to address concerns such as the cost and scale of change.
📌 Narratives that win people over & how to avoid alienating voters, including effective ways to discuss net zero & adaptation.

🗣️🏡 With the May 2026 Local and Devolved elections fast approaching, how do you appeal to voters on their doorstep about the climate and nature issues that matter to them?

🗓️ Tues 10 March 🕜 6.30-7.30pm
👉 Sign up: climateoutreach.org/training-tal...
👥 For Councillors, Candidates and Party Members

👥 Audience insights: a deep dive into the seven British segments by More in Common, to consider how to engage existing and new audiences.

📖 Practical application: the stories and messages that work for different people, based on their lives and aspirations.