Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Table of Contents

• Report Summary
• Executive Summary
• 1. Global Warming Beliefs
• 2. Emotional Responses to Global Warming
• 3. Perceived Risks of Global Warming
• 4. Personal and Social Engagement with Global Warming
• 5. Can Humans Reduce Global Warming?
• 6. How Americans Conceptualize Global Warming
• 7. Global Warming and Severe Weather
• Appendix I: Data Tables & Sample Demographics
• Appendix II: Survey Method

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Citation

Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., Roser-Renouf, C., Rosenthal, S., Cutler, M., & Kotcher, J. (2017). Climate change in the American mind: October 2017. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

Funding Sources

This research was funded by the 11th Hour Project, the Energy Foundation, the Grantham Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation.

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Climate Change in the American Mind