Report · Aug 30, 2022
What Do Video Gamers Think About Global Warming?
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Jennifer Carman, Marina Psaros, Liz Neyens, Seth Rosenthal, Jennifer Marlon and Malika Srivastava
Filed under: Beliefs & Attitudes and Audiences
7. Global Warming and the Gaming Industry
7.1. Most video gamers believe the gaming industry has a responsibility to reduce its own carbon emissions.
Most video gamers (56%) say that the gaming industry has a responsibility to act on global warming, and it should do what it can to reduce its own carbon emissions. By contrast, about one in three video gamers (35%) say that the gaming industry does not have a responsibility to act and does not need to reduce its carbon emissions.
7.2. More than four in ten video gamers think the video gaming industry should be doing more to address global warming.
More than four in ten video gamers (45%) think the video gaming industry should be doing either “much more” (14%) or “more” (31%) to address global warming. About one in three (33%) say the video game industry is currently doing the right amount.
