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· January 15, 2026

climate-change-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-fall-2025-2.3

These bar charts show the percentage of Americans who think global warming will harm: them personally, their family, people in their community, the health of Americans, people in the United States, people in developing countries, the world's poor, future generations of people, plant and animal species. Many Americans think global warming will harm them, but more think others will be harmed. Data: Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Fall 2025. Refer to the data tables in Appendix 1 of the report for all percentages.