A majority of Britons believe the climate change is a more important long-term issue than Brexit and that it should be a priority for Boris Johnson’s new government, an opinion poll has found. After the UK endured its second-hottest day on record, with temperatures peaking at 38.1C, a ComRes survey for Christian Aid showed that 71 per cent of the UK public agreed that the climate crisis was more important than the UK’s scheduled departure from the EU. Six out of 10 adults said the government was not doing enough to prioritise the issue.
Laura Taylor, director of advocacy for Christian Aid, said: “It’s clear that beyond the present political turmoil, UK adults know there is a bigger crisis, which is potentially catastrophic for the whole of humanity – particularly some of the world’s poorest people, who are more vulnerable to the effects of this climate emergency.” In his first speech as Prime Minister, Johnson, who has previously questioned whether human activity is causing climate change, said the UK was “leading the world in the battery technology that will help cut CO2 and tackle climate change and produce green jobs for the next generation”.
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