Report · Feb 16, 2023
Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, December 2022
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Jennifer Carman, Marija Verner, Sanguk Lee, Matthew Ballew, Sri Saahitya Uppalapati, Eryn Campbell, Teresa Myers, Matthew Goldberg and Jennifer Marlon
Filed under: Beliefs & Attitudes and Climate Impacts
Report Summary
This report is based on findings from a nationally representative survey – Climate Change in the American Mind – conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication. Interview dates: December 2 – 12, 2022. Interviews: 1,085 adults (18+). Average margin of error: +/- 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
For all media and other inquiries, please email:
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication: Lisa Fernandez (lisa.fernandez@yale.edu), Jon Ozaksut (jon.ozaksut@yale.edu), and Eric Fine (eric.fine@yale.edu)
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication: Edward Maibach (emaibach@gmu.edu) and John Kotcher (jkotcher@gmu.edu)
Climate Change in the American Mind is conducted jointly by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.
Principal Investigators:
Anthony Leiserowitz, PhD
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Edward Maibach, MPH, PhD
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
Seth Rosenthal, PhD
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
John Kotcher, PhD
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication