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About half of Americans understand that global warming is increasing homeowners insurance costs
Photo by Chandler Cruttenden on Unsplash Global warming is increasing the frequency and severity of extreme weather...
Climate Change in the American Mind: Climate Justice, Spring 2023
Download Full Report Report Summary This report is based on findings from a nationally representative survey...
Public Support for International Climate Action, September 2021
Download Full Report Report Summary Drawing on a nationally representative survey (n = 1,006; including 898 registered...
Americans’ actions to limit and prepare for global warming
August 3rd, 2021 Our report on Americans’ Actions to Limit and Prepare for Global Warming finds that many Americans...
Public Support for International Climate Action: March 2021
Download Full Report Report Summary Drawing on a nationally representative survey (n = 1,006; including 898...
Climate Activism: A Six Americas Analysis, December 2020
Drawing on a nationally representative survey (n = 1,036), this report describes how Americans view climate activism –...
American Adolescents’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Sources of Information on Climate Change
The past several years have witnessed a dramatic increase in young people’s activism on climate change, accompanied by...
American Adolescents’ Responses to NASA’s Climate Change Website
This is the second of two reports about American adolescents and climate change. In the first report, we described...
Americans’ Risk Perceptions and Emotional Responses to COVID-19: April 2020
Drawing on a scientific national survey (N = 3,933; including 3,188 registered voters), this report describes how...
Climate Activism: Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors- November 2019
Drawing on a nationally representative survey (N = 1,303; including 1,114 registered voters), this report describes...
Americans oppose drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Sep 26, 2019 CLIMATE NOTE By Matthew Ballew, Anthony Leiserowitz, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, and Edward Maibach...
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