Report · Aug 3, 2021
Americans’ Actions to Limit and Prepare For Global Warming
By Jennifer Carman, Karine Lacroix, Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Liz Neyens, Xinran Wang, Jennifer Marlon and Matthew Goldberg
Filed under: Behaviors & Actions
4. Collective and Political Actions to Prepare for Global Warming
4.1. More Americans would join a community preparedness group than an advocacy campaign.
More than four in ten Americans (44%) said they “definitely would” or “probably would” join a group, such as a community emergency response team or the Red Cross, to help their local community prepare for and respond to natural disasters. Few Americans (2%), however, are currently participating in such a group.
In contrast, only about three in ten Americans (29%) said they “definitely would” or “probably would” join a local campaign to convince state and local government officials to take action to prepare their community for the impacts of global warming. Only one percent said they are currently participating in such a campaign.
