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Climate Change in the Latino Mind


A.1. Global Warming Beliefs

A.1.1. More than eight in ten Latinos think global warming is happening.

Overall, more than eight in ten Latinos (84%) think global warming is happening, including nearly nine in ten Spanish-language Latinos (88%). By contrast, only six percent of Latinos think global warming is not happening.

Fewer non-Latinos think global warming is happening (70%).

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A.1.2. Six in ten Latinos are extremely or very sure global warming is happening.

Sixty-three percent of Latinos are either “extremely” or “very” sure global warming is happening. Far fewer – only 3% – are sure global warming is not happening. Seven in ten Spanish-language Latinos (70%) are sure global warming is happening, as are more than half of English-language Latinos (57%).

By contrast, fewer than half of non-Latinos (46%) are sure global warming is happening.

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A.1.3. Seven in ten Latinos think global warming is mostly human caused.

The 2014 U.S. National Climate Assessment (written and reviewed by hundreds of climate experts over the course of four years) states: “The global warming of the past 50 years is primarily due to human activities, predominantly the burning of fossil fuels. Many independent lines of evidence confirm that human activities are affecting climate in unprecedented ways” (p. 15).http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report

A large majority of Latinos (70%) understand that global warming is mostly human caused. By contrast, about two in ten (21%) say it is caused mostly by natural changes in the environment.

Fewer non-Latinos (56%) understand that global warming is mostly human caused.

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A.1.4. More than six in ten Latinos understand that most scientists think global warming is happening.

Sixty-three percent of Latinos (63%) understand that most scientists think global warming is happening. By contrast, fewer than one in six Latinos (15%) think “there is a lot of disagreement among scientists” about whether or not global warming is happening.

Half of non-Latinos (49%) understand that most scientists think global warming is happening, while 28% think there is a lot of disagreement among scientists.

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