Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Table of Contents

• Report Summary
• Executive Summary
• 1. Beliefs About the Health Harms of Global Warming
• 2. Beliefs About Who is Most Likely to Experience Health Problems from Global Warming
• 3. Beliefs About the Health Harms of Energy Sources
• 4. Who Should Do More to Protect People from the Health Harms of Global Warming?
• 5. Trusted Information Sources
• Appendix I: Data Tables
• Appendix II: Survey Method
• Appendix III: Coding Open-Ended Responses
• Appendix IV: Sample Demographics

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Citation

Fine, J., Ettinger, J., Goddard, E., Kotcher, J., Zakiyyah, H., Yue, Y., Carman, J., Rosenthal, S., Thier, K., Myers, T., Verner, M., Marlon, J., Richards, E., Goldberg, M., Leiserowitz, A., & Maibach, E. (2025). Climate Change in the American Mind: Public Perceptions of the Health Harms of Global Warming, Fall 2024. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

Funding Sources

The research was funded by the Schmidt Family Foundation, the U.S. Energy Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, King Philanthropies, and the Grantham Foundation.

Project

Climate Change in the American Mind