Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Table of Contents

• Report Summary
• Executive Summary
• 1. Global Warming Beliefs
• 2. Perceived Risks of Global Warming
• 3. Worry and Personal Importance
• 4. AI and Environmental Impact
• 5. Personal Impact and Agency
• 6. Software Efficiency and Sustainability
• 7. Corporate and Institutional Responsibility
• 8. Support for Local Energy and Data Infrastructure
• 9. Comparison with the U.S. General Population
• Appendix I. Selected Open-Ended Responses
• Appendix II. Survey Method
• Appendix III. Data Tables
• Appendix IV. Sample Demographics

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Citation

Vorreuter, G., Young, P., Verner, M., Marlon, J., Goddard, E., Carman, J., Rosenthal, S. & Leiserowitz, A. (2026). Software Developers on Climate Change, AI, and Sustainable Software: A Survey of GitHub Users, Summer 2026. GitHub, Inc. and Yale University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

Funding Sources

This research was funded by GitHub for Good Fund, a fund of Tides Foundation.

Project

Climate Change in the American Mind