Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Publications · Climate Note · Oct 10, 2020

Global Warming’s Six Americas in 2020

Beliefs & Attitudes

Our prior research has found that Americans can be categorized into six distinct groups—Global Warming’s Six Americas—based on their beliefs and attitudes about climate change. The Alarmed are the most...

Publications · Report · Oct 6, 2020

Climate Change in the Minds of U.S. News Audiences

Audiences and Beliefs & Attitudes

  Introduction This report is an analysis of public opinion about climate change among the regular U.S. audience (American adults who frequently watch, read, or listen to the content) of each of six major...

Publications · Climate Note · Oct 1, 2020

Reading Environmental Literature Can Persuade on Climate

Beliefs & Attitudes

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new research article “Environmental Literature as Persuasion: An Experimental Test of the Effects of Reading Climate Fiction” in the journal Environmental...

Publications · Climate Note · Aug 17, 2020

2020 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication

We are delighted to announce that Anthony Leiserowitz and Edward Maibach have been named by Climate One as this year’s winners of the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication. The award...

Publications · Climate Note · Apr 16, 2020

Which racial/ethnic groups care most about climate change?

AudiencesBehaviors & Actions and Beliefs & Attitudes

Climate change disproportionately affects members of disadvantaged communities and groups who face socioeconomic inequalities, including many people of color. As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically...

Blog · April 8, 2020

Welcome to the inaugural class of the Public Voices Fellowship on the Climate Cr...

Just as we are seeing now with COVID-19, the climate crisis affects all of us, but its impacts are unevenly and unjustly distributed.  Those with the greatest power to mitigate and adapt to climate change often...

Publications · Report · Feb 13, 2020

Climate Change and the American Diet

This report is based on findings from a nationally representative survey conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (climatecommunication.yale.edu) and Earth Day Network (earthday.org). Interview...

In the News · January 16, 2020

For the first time, the Alarmed are now the largest of Global Warming’s Six Am...

Publications · Climate Note · Jan 16, 2020

For the first time, the Alarmed are now the largest of Global Warming’s Six Am...

Audiences

Nearly six in ten (58%) Americans are now either “Alarmed” or “Concerned” about global warming. From 2014 to 2019, the proportion of “Alarmed” nearly tripled. Our prior research has categorized Americans...

Our Projects · January 1, 2020

Climate Change in the American Mind

Public opinion plays a critical role in the American response to global warming. Our twice a year Climate Change in the American Mind nationally representative surveys investigate, track, and explain public climate...