Speeches by Young.

“If I could start with Bob on this one, because you have already mentioned credible messengers. Who do you think those credible messengers are that the Government could deploy to counter attacks? I am thinking particularly on the energy transition as opposed to the climate crisis itself. How should their impact be evalu…”

“My concern was more that it was putting people off if they feel they do not understand that you are coming at it from all these different angles. If they see it as a science issue and they fear science more generally, does that put people off engaging in the issue. But maybe we will move on.”

“A quick question for Rebecca. You said that when you select them people say, “Well, we don’t know enough” and climate change is seen as a science issue. Does the wider feeling for many people that they do not understand science feed into it, and is there a reframing that would help people get their heads around it bett…”

“I should just say, Chair, that I am hosting that report launch tomorrow, just for clarity.”

“Lorraine, did you want to come in?”

“You seem to be focusing on the structural inequalities. When we talk about nudge factors, for example, if you make things easier for people to do that makes them more likely to do them, so there are small things that you could do. Does that change in situations where someone is facing fuel poverty or cultural misrepres…”

“Angharad, how can the Government ensure that behavioural interventions, nudges, social modelling do not mask structural inequality such as fuel poverty or cultural under-representation?”

“In the rural areas in particular?”

“I would like to start with Lorraine, please. What role, if any, do you see for behavioural science and social transformation models in guiding government efforts to counter public scepticism around net zero? How does that differ in rural areas where there may be additional structural barriers to action?”

“Stephanie, what behavioural interventions have proven most effective in shifting public attitudes towards low-carbon technologies, and how can those be scaled nationally?”

“If I can get quick answers to a final question from me. Do people link climate change concerns with policies labelled as “energy transition” or “net zero”? Do they see that link?”

“So you would not support local business leaders, for example, as being useful messengers in this?”

“Rebecca, did you have anything to add on the subject of messengers?”

“You mentioned Ofgem and the Climate Change Committee as being people who should be helping the public to understand things. Do you think the public see them in that light?”

“If I could start with Bob on this one, because you have already mentioned credible messengers. Who do you think those credible messengers are that the Government could deploy to counter attacks? I am thinking particularly on the energy transition as opposed to the climate crisis itself. How should their impact be evalu…”

“My concern was more that it was putting people off if they feel they do not understand that you are coming at it from all these different angles. If they see it as a science issue and they fear science more generally, does that put people off engaging in the issue. But maybe we will move on.”

“A quick question for Rebecca. You said that when you select them people say, “Well, we don’t know enough” and climate change is seen as a science issue. Does the wider feeling for many people that they do not understand science feed into it, and is there a reframing that would help people get their heads around it bett…”

“I should just say, Chair, that I am hosting that report launch tomorrow, just for clarity.”

“You seem to be focusing on the structural inequalities. When we talk about nudge factors, for example, if you make things easier for people to do that makes them more likely to do them, so there are small things that you could do. Does that change in situations where someone is facing fuel poverty or cultural misrepres…”

“Angharad, how can the Government ensure that behavioural interventions, nudges, social modelling do not mask structural inequality such as fuel poverty or cultural under-representation?”