Two-thirds of UK public support restricting air travel to tackle climate change
Two-thirds of the UK public support limiting air travel in order to cut carbon emissions and tackle climate change, a YouGov poll of over 2,000 people has uncovered.
Less than a quarter of the respondents said air travel should not be restricted, while more than three in five insisted that climate change mitigation requires a “high“ or “extremely high“ level of urContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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