4.1 Many Americans think federal agencies and health professionals should be doing more to protect people from the health harms of global warming.
About four in ten Americans (39%) think federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency should be doing either “much more” or “somewhat more” to protect people from health problems related to global warming. About one in four Americans (24%) think doctors, nurses, and other health professionals should do more.