Report · Jan 31, 2023
Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, December 2022
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Jennifer Carman, Sanguk Lee, Marija Verner, Matthew Ballew, Patrick Owusu Ansah, Nicholas Badullovich, Teresa Myers, Matthew Goldberg and Jennifer Marlon
Filed under: Policy & Politics
Report Summary
This report is based on findings from a nationally representative survey – Climate Change in the American Mind – conducted jointly by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication. Interview dates: December 2 –12, 2022. Interviews: 1,085 adults (18+), 938 of whom are registered to vote. Average margin of error for registered voters: +/-3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
Principal Investigators:
Anthony Leiserowitz, PhD
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Edward Maibach, MPH, PhD
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
Seth Rosenthal, PhD
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
John Kotcher, PhD
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
For all media and other inquiries, please email:
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication: Lisa Fernandez (lisa.fernandez@yale.edu), Jon Ozaksut (jon.ozaksut@yale.edu), and 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)
Climate Change in the American Mind is conducted jointly by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.
Correction: To correct an error in the numbers presented for age groups in the demographics tables, an updated PDF version of the report was uploaded on March 31, 2023.