Report · Jan 21, 2020
Politics & Global Warming, November 2019
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Parrish Bergquist, Abel Gustafson, Matthew Ballew and Matthew Goldberg
Filed under: Policy & Politics, Beliefs & Attitudes and Behaviors & Actions
4. The Paris Climate Agreement
4.1. There is Bipartisan support for U.S. participation in the Paris Climate Agreement.
In December 2015, officials from 197 countries (nearly every country in the world) met in Paris at the United Nations Climate Change Conference and negotiated a global agreement to limit global warming. On Earth Day, April 2016, the United States and 174 other countries signed the agreement, with all of the other countries following suit. On June 1 2017, President Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the agreement, and on November 4 2019, his administration began the formal process of withdrawing.
In contrast to President Trump’s decision, about three in four registered voters (76%) support U.S. participation in the Paris Climate Agreement. Support varies by party, with nearly all Democrats (94%), about three in four Independents (74%), and about half of Republicans (54%) supporting U.S. participation.
Similarly, two in three registered voters (66%) oppose President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement, including 92% of Democrats and 66% of Independents, but only 31% of Republicans.
