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Climate Change in the American Mind: November 2019


3. Emotional Responses to Global Warming

3.1 Two in three Americans are at least “somewhat worried” about global warming.

Two in three Americans (66%) say they are at least “somewhat worried” about global warming, an increase of 10 percentage points over the past five years (since October 2014). Three in ten Americans (30%) are “very worried,” a nearly three-fold increase since October 2014.

 

3.2 More than six in ten Americans are “interested” in global warming.

When asked how strongly they feel various emotions when thinking about global warming, more than six in ten Americans (64%) say they feel “very” or “moderately” “interested” in it. About half say they feel “helpless” (53%) or “disgusted” (50%). Fewer feel “afraid” (46%), “outraged” (46%), “angry” (45%), “hopeful” (42%), “ashamed” (35%), “guilty” (32%), or “courageous” (28%).