Trend Questions Climate (May 2022): Energy

On behalf of the Press and Information Office of the German Federal Government, the Kantar opinion research institute conducts quarterly surveys on attitudes towards climate protection and the assessment of political measures to protect the climate. In the second quarter of 2022, questions on energy policy formed a thematic focus. During the survey period 03.05.2022 to 05.05.2022, the German resident population aged 14 and over was surveyed on the topic of energy policy in telephone interviews (CATI). The respondents were selected by a multi-stage random sample within the framework of a multi-topic survey (EMNIDbus) including landline and mobile phone numbers (dual-frame sample).<br>Concerns about possible consequences of climate change; assessment of current political measures for climate protection; informed about possibilities to personally save energy; measures personally taken when dealing with electricity in the household (purchase of green electricity, purchase of energy-efficient electrical appliances, switching off lights, boiling water with the kettle, switching off the power supply for electrical appliances); more attentive to saving energy than before the start of the war in Ukraine; reasons for paying more attention to saving energy (open); correct that Germany is pushing ahead with the expansion of renewable energies; importance of various goals of renewable energy expansion (more independence from fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, or coal, more independence from energy supplies from abroad, achieving the goal of no more than 1.5 degrees of global warming); confidence in the German government with regard to successfully advancing the energy transition; likelihood of power supply in Germany exclusively from renewables by 2035; estimated share of renewables in power supply in Germany; general support for expansion of wind energy in Germany; support for new construction of wind turbines also in the following cases: New construction in forest areas and in landscape protection areas, relaxation of regulations on species protection of birds, planned new construction near one´s home.

Demography: sex; age; highest level of education; occupation; household size; number of persons in the household aged 14 and over; party preference; voter eligibility; household net income (grouped); survey by mobile or landline.

Additionally coded: respondent ID; interview date; city size (BIK and political city size); federal state; survey area west/east; weighting factor.