What Americans Really Feel about Climate Change

How Americans Think About Climate Change, in Six Maps (Published 2017)Americans overwhelmingly believe that global warming is happening, and that carbon emissions should be scaled back. But fewer are sure that it will harm them personally.

U.S. Public Views on Climate and EnergyA majority of U.S. adults say they are taking at least some specific action in their daily lives to protect the environment, though Democrats and Republicans remain at ideological odds over the causes of climate change and the effects of policies to address it.

Yale Climate Opinion Maps 2020 - Yale Program on Climate Change CommunicationUse the Yale Climate Opinion Maps to explore climate change beliefs, risk perceptions, and policy support at every geographic level in the United States.

How Americans see climate change and the environment in 7 chartsFor Earth Day 2020, we take stock of public opinion in the United States about global climate change and the environment.

Surveying American Public Opinion on Climate Change and the Environment, with Jon KrosnickExploring key findings from his new survey of American public opinion, Jon Krosnick discusses why climate change is emerging as a priority for voters.

'Americans are waking up': two thirds say climate crisis must be addressedMajor CBS News poll released as part of Covering Climate Now, a collaboration of more than 250 news outlets around the world to strengthen coverage of the climate story

What Can be Done

Scientists made a detailed "roadmap" for meeting the Paris climate goals. It’s staggering.Few people appreciate what it’d mean to take our climate goals seriously. (Think: no new gasoline-powered cars by 2030.)

This one weird trick will not convince conservatives to fight climate changeClever new arguments are beside the point.