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· July 6, 2026

climate-change-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-spring-2026-4.2

These bar charts show the percentage of Americans who say it is either extremely important, very important, moderately important, not too important, or not at all important to their family and friends that they take action to reduce global warming; and who say their family and friends make either a great deal of effort, a lot of effort, a moderate amount of effort, a little effort, or no effort to reduce global warming.. Fewer than half of Americans perceive social norms for taking action on global warming. Data: Climate Change in the American Mind, Beliefs & Attitudes, Spring 2026. Refer to the data tables in Appendix 1 of the report for all percentages.