Climate Change in the American Mind: Public Perceptions of the Health Harms of Global Warming, Fall 2024


4. Who Should Do More to Protect People from the Health Harms of Global Warming?

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.

These bar charts show the percentages of Americans in 2014 and 2024 who think federal agencies and health professionals should be doing "much more" or "somewhat more" to protect people from health problems related to global warming. Many Americans think federal agencies and health professionals should be doing more to protect people from the health harms of global warming. Data: Climate Change in the American Mind, Fall 2024. Refer to the data tables in Appendix 1 of the report for all percentages.