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· August 1, 2023

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This bar chart shows the percentage of Americans who say they have done various climate actions at least “once” over the past 12 months by groups who experienced no psychological distress about global warming at all or at least one feature of distress “several days” or more often over the previous 2 weeks. Americans who are distressed about global warming are more likely to have engaged in climate action over the past 12 months. Data: Climate Change in the American Mind, December 2022. Refer to the data tables in the Methods section in the Climate Note for all percentages.