Report · Dec 17, 2025
Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Fall 2025
By Anthony Leiserowitz, John Kotcher, Seth Rosenthal, Emily Goddard, Jennifer Carman, Marija Verner, Teresa Myers, Joshua Ettinger, Julia Fine, Emily Richards, Matthew Goldberg, Jennifer Marlon and Edward Maibach
Filed under: Policy & Politics
8. Who Should Take Action to Address Global Warming?
8.1 Majorities of registered voters want corporations and industry, government, and citizens to do more to address global warming.
Two-thirds of registered voters say corporations and industry should do either “much more” or “more” to address global warming (67% of registered voters, including 95% of liberal Democrats, 82% of moderate/conservative Democrats, 58% of liberal/moderate Republicans, and 35% of conservative Republicans).
Half or more of registered voters, including majorities of both liberal and moderate/conservative Democrats, say the Republican Party (60%), the U.S. Congress (60%), President Trump (60%), citizens themselves (58%), local government officials (54%), the Democratic Party (53%), their governor (52%), and the media (51%) should do more. Forty-five percent of registered voters say they themselves should do more to address global warming.
Forty-three percent of liberal/moderate Republicans say their party (the Republican Party) should do more to address global warming, while only 20% of conservative Republicans say so. Large majorities of both liberal Democrats (86%) and moderate/conservative Democrats (69%) say their party (the Democratic Party) should do more.
