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Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2025
Public opinion data come from the Yale Climate Opinion Maps (YCOM), which are based on a statistical model that employs nationally representative Climate Change in the American Mind (CCAM) surveys conducted between 2008 and 2025. The model combines geographic, census, socioeconomic, and political data with CCAM survey data collected by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication (combined n > 34,000). For more information about the survey question wording and methodology, please visit YCOM: climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizations-data/ycom-us
Beliefs
Global warming is happening
Global warming is caused mostly by human activities
Most scientists think global warming is happening
Global warming is affecting the weather
Global warming is affecting extreme heat
Global warming is affecting wildfires
Global warming is affecting droughts
Global warming is affecting rising sea levels
Global warming is affecting flooding
Global warming is affecting hurricanes
Has personally experienced the effects of global warming
Risk Perceptions
Worried about global warming
Global warming is already harming people in the US
Global warming will harm plants and animals
Global warming will harm future generations
Global warming will harm people in developing countries
Global warming will harm people in the US
Global warming will harm me personally
Policy Support
U.S. economy transition from fossil fuels to 100% clean energy by 2050
Fund research into renewable energy sources
Generate renewable energy on public land in the US
Build solar farms in your local area
Build wind farms in your local area
Regulate CO2 as a pollutant
Require fossil fuel companies to pay a carbon tax
Oppose drilling and mining for fossil fuels on public land
Drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Expand offshore drilling for oil and natural gas off the U.S. coast
Schools should teach about global warming
Behaviors
Prefer to vote for a candidate for public office who supports action on global warming
Discuss global warming with family and friends
Hear about global warming in the media at least once a week
Who should do more about global warming?
The President
Congress
My Governor
My Local Govt. Officials
Citizens
Corporations
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