Note: * England and Wales
| Change since | |
 |
1970 |
 |
1990 |
|
1996-7 |
Coverage: England
Source: Defra
- In a 2001 survey, 65 per cent of people identified transport emissions as a contributor to climate change, up from 42 per cent in1996-7; and 20 per cent identified domestic gas and electricity, up from 12 per cent in1996-7.
- Although understanding of sustainable development issues has increased, the proportion of people who had heard of the term "sustainable development" remained the same in 2001 as in1996-7, at around a third.