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Report · Sep 27, 2017
Climate Change in the Latino Mind
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Matthew Cutler and Seth Rosenthal
Filed under: Beliefs & Attitudes
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B.4. Individual and Collective Action to Reduce Global Warming
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C.2. Consumer Activism
C.1. Energy Use
C.1.1. About four in ten Latinos make an effort to reduce their use of air conditioning in the summer.
Forty-three percent of Latinos say they either “always” or “often” use less air conditioning in the summer.
Roughly the same proportion of non-Latinos (40%) say they make an effort to reduce their use of air conditioning in the summer.
Table of Contents
- Report Summary
- Key Findings
- A.1. Global Warming Beliefs
- A.2. Worry About Global Warming
- A.3. Perceived Risks of Global Warming
- A.4. Personal and Social Engagement with Global Warming
- A.5. Motivations to Take Action to Reduce Global Warming
- B.1. Should the U.S. Act on Global Warming?
- B.2. Who is Responsible to Act on Global Warming?
- B.3. Support for Policies to Address the Pollution that Causes Global Warming
- B.4. Individual and Collective Action to Reduce Global Warming
- C.1. Energy Use
- C.2. Consumer Activism
- Appendix I: Data Tables & Sample Demographics
- Appendix II: Survey Method
- Acknowledgements
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Citation
Leiserowitz, A., Cutler, M., & Rosenthal, S. (2017). Climate Change in the Latino Mind. Yale University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Funding Sources
The research was funded by the Heising-Simons Foundation, 11th Hour Project, the Energy Foundation, the Grantham Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation.