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Number of editorials supporting or opposing climate action in newspapers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of editorials calling for climate action	Number of editorials arguing against climate action	Number of mixed editorials
The Guardian	183	0	6
Financial Times	121	2	21
The Times	68	0	9
The Independent	56	0	8
The Sun	17	20	13
The Daily Telegraph	22	10	16
Daily Mail	12	18	12
The Observer	29	0	0
Daily Mirror	23	0	3
Daily Express	11	8	1
The Sunday Times	6	4	1
The Sun on Sunday	3	0	0
The Sunday Telegraph	3	0	0
The Independent on Sunday	2	0	0
Mail on Sunday	1	1	0
Sunday Express	0	1	0
Sunday Mirror	1	0	0

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April 2022

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2011 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The analysis looks at a total of 711 editorials during the given time period dealing specifically with climate change. Editorials were identified from the source's larger database.

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The data from this analysis showed that The Guardian newspaper published the most editorials calling for climate action in the United Kingdom between 2011 and 2021, with a total of 183 pieces written and published on the topic in that time period. Right-leaning newspapers and traditional tabloids were more likely to have published editorials arguing against climate action. The Sun, for example, published more editorials against climate action than in favor of, as did the Daily Mail. Meanwhile, Sunday papers (regardless of political leaning) only published a handful of editorials on climate action between them during the decade in question.