Report · Jul 21, 2022
Climate Change in the American Mind, April 2022
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Jennifer Carman, Liz Neyens, Teresa Myers, Matthew Goldberg, Eryn Campbell, Karine Lacroix and Jennifer Marlon
Filed under: Beliefs & Attitudes and Climate Impacts
Report Summary
This report is based on findings from a nationally representative survey – Climate Change in the American Mind – conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (climatecommunication.yale.edu) and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication (climatechangecommunication.org). Interview dates: April 13 – May 2, 2022. Interviews: 1,018 adults (18+). Average margin of error: +/- 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. The research was funded by the Schmidt Family Foundation, the U.S. Energy Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the Grantham Foundation.
For all media and other inquiries, please email:
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication: Eric Fine (eric.fine@yale.edu)
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication: Edward Maibach (emaibach@gmu.edu) and John Kotcher (jkotcher@gmu.edu)