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· March 13, 2024

attitude-behavior-gap-4

This bar chart shows the percentages of Americans who feel confident that people like them, working together, can affect what the federal government and corporations do about climate change across (1) people who are definitely willing to engage in climate action and are doing so, (2) people who are definitely willing to engage but aren’t doing so, and (3) all other respondents. Americans who have taken action on climate change are more confident they can affect what the federal government and corporations do about it. Data include three waves of Climate Change in the American Mind survey data spanning December 2022 to October 2023. Refer to the data tables in the Methods section in the Climate Note for all percentages.