Climate crisis ‘needs same urgency seen at start of Covid pandemic’

UK report on public attitudes to net-zero target also finds widespread support for nationalisation

• Net zero diaries: three people on the climate crisis and the UK's response

Ministers must tackle the climate crisis with the same urgency seen at the start of the Covid pandemic, according to in-depth research that also found widespread support for nationalisation and scepticism over the role of the private sector.

The Net Zero Diaries, a project run by the consultancy Britain Thinks to examine evolving attitudes to the pursuit of a net-zero emissions target, found support for strong-arm tactics from the government even among those who said they had low engagement with environmental issues.