Title page 1

Contents 1

Abstract 4

Acknowledgements 5

1. Introduction 6

2. Concern about climate change remains widespread 8

3. Despite widespread concern, fragile support for policies that tackle global warming 15

4. Effectiveness, fairness, trust: drivers of policy support and opposition 18

5. Conclusion 24

References 26

Figure 1. Climate concern is pervasive but has often softened recently 9

Figure 2. Men and workers in emissions-intensive sectors report lower climate concern, but age patterns are more complex than common... 11

Figure 3. Losing momentum? Perceptions of policy urgency 16

Figure 4. A pushback against ambitious climate action? 18

Figure 5. Worries about negative knock-on effects of mitigation policies 20

Figure 6. What support policies do people want? 23

Boxes 7

Box 1. About the OECD Risks that Matter survey 7

Box 2. Attitudes towards climate change and climate policy: data and information gaps 13