Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

In the News · March 16, 2017

Doctors: Climate Change is Already Making America’s Kids Sicker

Visualizations & Data · Chart · Nov 30, 2016

Global Warming’s Six Americas, November 2016

Audiences

We have clustered Americans into six groupings based on their attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, policy preferences and risk perceptions related to global warming.  Please see our Global Warming's Six Americas project...

Blog · February 11, 2017

Trump, Climate Mobilization, and the Alarmed

This blog post was written by Nathan Lobel, Yale College '17. As those familiar with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication know, our research goes beyond whether people believe that the climate is...

Blog · January 17, 2017

YPCCC 2016: Year in Review

As we begin the new year, we wanted to highlight some of our work from 2016 and to talk about the next steps for these projects in 2017.   1. Climate Change in the American Mind Since 2008, with our...

Publications · Climate Note · Jul 12, 2016

Global Warming’s Six Americas and the Election, 2016

AudiencesPolicy & Politics and Behaviors & Actions

Summary Americans hold diverse views on global warming, falling into six distinct groups – Global Warming’s Six Americas – that range in their beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences and behavior. Climate change...

In the News · May 18, 2016

Global Warming’s Six Americas

Publications · Report · Jan 19, 2016

Faith, Morality and the Environment

Audiences

Over the course of 2015, we witnessed an evolution in public discourse on global warming. Typically discussed in the news media solely as a scientific, environmental or political issue, global warming is now being...

Visualizations & Data · Chart · November 11, 2015

Perceptions of the Causes of Global Warming

Beliefs & Attitudes

This report,"Global Warming’s Six Americas, October 2014: Perceptions of the Health Consequences of Global Warming and Update on Key Beliefs," focuses on how each of the Six Americas understands the human health...

Visualizations & Data · Chart · November 11, 2015

Awareness of Global Warming-Related Health Problems in US

Beliefs & Attitudes

This report,"Global Warming’s Six Americas, October 2014: Perceptions of the Health Consequences of Global Warming and Update on Key Beliefs," focuses on how each of the Six Americas understands the human health...

Visualizations & Data · Chart · November 11, 2015

Are Some Groups More Vulnerable Than Others?

Beliefs & Attitudes

This report,"Global Warming’s Six Americas, October 2014: Perceptions of the Health Consequences of Global Warming and Update on Key Beliefs," focuses on how each of the Six Americas understands the human health...