Most Say an Agreement is Important and Countries Should Do More About Global Warming The 2015 United Nations Climate...
2015 Articles
Improving Public Engagement with Climate Change: Five “Best Practice” Insights from Psychological Science
Despite being one of the most important societal challenges of the 21st century, public engagement with climate change...
The Francis Effect: How Pope Francis Changed the Conversation about Global Warming
Given the Pope’s stature as a global religious leader, and the large number of Catholic Americans, we decided to...
Maryland’s Catholics Say Climate is a Health Risk to their Communities and Support State Climate and Energy Policies: September 2015
On September 22, Pope Francis flew into Maryland’s Andrews Air Force Base for a 3-day visit to Washington, D.C.,...
Public Health, Energy and Climate Change: A Maryland Statewide Survey, Fall 2015
For the past three years, we have been asking Maryland residents questions about their understanding of the effects of...
Climate Matters: A Comprehensive Educational Resource Program for Broadcast Meteorologists
Global climate change is influencing the weather in every region of the United States, often in harmful ways, and...
Mona Safarty, MD MPH, and Edward Maibach, MPH PhD, in Climate Change and Public Health
Climate change is causing, and will increasingly cause, a wide range of adverse health effects, including heat-related...
Among Republicans, Catholics More Likely to Believe that Global Warming is Happening and Support Policies to Reduce It
On June 18th, Pope Francis released a much-anticipated encyclical—one of the most significant forms of communication...
Engaging Eastern Shore Communities in Protection of the Salt Marshes of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
In Spring 2015, George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication conducted a set of stakeholder...
A 2015 National Survey of Broadcast Meteorologists about Climate Change
A 2015 National Survey of Broadcast Meteorologists about Climate Change - Below are results from...
Simple Messages Help Set the Record Straight about Scientific Agreement on Human-Caused Climate Change: The Results of Two Experiments
Human-caused climate change is happening; nearly all climate scientists are convinced of this basic fact according to...
Climate Change in the American Mind: March 2015
Nearly two-thirds of the American public (63%) currently think global warming is happening, a percentage that has...
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