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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Many Europeans want climate action – but less so if it changes their lifestyle, shows poll

Commuters ride their bikes near Saint-Lazare train station in Paris, France, during a rail strike.
Commuters ride their bikes near Saint-Lazare train station in Paris, France, during a rail strike. Those surveyed were asked if would give up driving altogether in favour of public transport, walking or cycling. Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images

Many Europeans are alarmed by the climate crisis and would willingly take personal steps and back government policies to help combat it, a survey suggests – but the more a measure would change their lifestyle, the less they support it.

The seven-country YouGov survey tested backing for state-level climate action, such as banning single-use plastics and scrapping fossil-fuel cars, and individual initiatives including buying only secondhand clothes and giving up meat and dairy products.

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