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· September 3, 2025

Fig1 belief systems

A network visualization of climate change belief systems across nine countries/regions: United States (North America), Australia (Oceania), Germany (Europe), Guatemala (Central America), Haiti (Caribbean), Brazil (South America), Nigeria (Sub-Saharan Africa), India (Asia), and Saudi Arabia (Middle East & North Africa). Each panel shows a network graph with nodes representing beliefs such as "CC Happening," "CC Human Cause," "Gov't Priority," "Personal Harm," "Gen Harm," "Future Gen Harm," "CC Worries," "Renewable Energy," and "Fossil Fuel Reduction." Edges between nodes indicate partial correlations: solid edges are positive, dashed lines are negative, and edge thickness denotes correlation strength. Node layout is fixed based on the U.S. structure for comparison. The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication logo appears at the bottom left, with a note explaining the visual encoding and sample sizes per country.