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Report · Jun 27, 2019
Climate Change in the American Mind: April 2019
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Parrish Bergquist, Matthew Ballew, Matthew Goldberg and Abel Gustafson
Filed under: Beliefs & Attitudes
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2. Global Warming Beliefs
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4. Perceived Risks of Global Warming
3. Emotional Responses to Global Warming
3.1 About six in ten Americans are at least “somewhat worried” about global warming.
About six in ten Americans (62%) say they are at least “somewhat worried” about global warming. More than one in five Americans (23%) are “very worried.”
Table of Contents
- Report Summary
- 1. Executive Summary
- 2. Global Warming Beliefs
- 3. Emotional Responses to Global Warming
- 4. Perceived Risks of Global Warming
- 5. Personal and Social Engagement with Global Warming
- 6. Efficacy Beliefs
- 7. How Americans Conceptualize Global Warming
- 8. Global Warming and Severe Weather
- Appendix I: Data Tables
- Appendix II: Survey Method
- Appendix III: Sample Demographics
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Citation
Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., Rosenthal, S., Kotcher, J., Bergquist, P., Ballew, M., Goldberg, M., & Gustafson, A. (2019). Climate change in the American mind: April 2019. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/CJ2NS
Funding Sources
The research was funded by the Schmidt Family Foundation, the Endeavor Foundation, the U.S. Energy Foundation, the TomKat Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation.