This statistic shows how respondents to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Energy and Climate Change Public Attitude Tracking Survey in the United Kingdom (UK) rated climate change and energy supply among other issues facing Britain, from 2012 and 2018. While levels of concern about energy supply remained equally low in 2017 and 2018, the proportion of respondents saying they rate climate change as a top three challenge increased in 2018 to 23 percent.
Which of these areas* do you feel represents the biggest/second biggest/third biggest challenge that Britain is facing today?
Characteristic
March 2012
March 2013
March 2014
March 2015
March 2016
March 2017
March 2018
Climate change (top 3 challenge)
10%
17%
22%
15%
22%
21%
23%
Climate change (top challenge)
2%
5%
8%
5%
6%
5%
7%
Energy supply (top 3 challenge)
16%
26%
31%
20%
14%
13%
11%
Energy supply (top challenge)
3%
6%
8%
3%
2%
2%
2%
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0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (April 26, 2018). Which of these areas* do you feel represents the biggest/second biggest/third biggest challenge that Britain is facing today? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/423033/united-kingdom-uk-perception-of-energy-supply-as-an-issue/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Which of these areas* do you feel represents the biggest/second biggest/third biggest challenge that Britain is facing today?." Chart. April 26, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/423033/united-kingdom-uk-perception-of-energy-supply-as-an-issue/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2018). Which of these areas* do you feel represents the biggest/second biggest/third biggest challenge that Britain is facing today?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/423033/united-kingdom-uk-perception-of-energy-supply-as-an-issue/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Which of These Areas* Do You Feel Represents The Biggest/Second Biggest/Third Biggest Challenge That Britain Is Facing Today?." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Apr 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/423033/united-kingdom-uk-perception-of-energy-supply-as-an-issue/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Which of these areas* do you feel represents the biggest/second biggest/third biggest challenge that Britain is facing today? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/423033/united-kingdom-uk-perception-of-energy-supply-as-an-issue/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Which of these areas* do you feel represents the biggest/second biggest/third biggest challenge that Britain is facing today? [Graph], UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, April 26, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/423033/united-kingdom-uk-perception-of-energy-supply-as-an-issue/
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