Climate Change in the American Mind, April 2022

The report finds that while a majority of Americans consider global warming personally important, they rarely discuss it with family and friends despite frequent media exposure.

• A majority of Americans (64%) view global warming as personally important, with 15% describing it as "extremely" important, 24% as "very" important, and 25% as "somewhat" important. Conversely, 36% state it is either "not too" (18%) or "not at all" (18%) personally important.
• There is a gap between media exposure and personal social interaction regarding climate change: 56% of Americans hear about global warming in the media at least once a month, yet 67% say they "rarely" or "never" discuss the topic with family and friends.
• Forty percent of Americans perceive both a descriptive and injunctive norm regarding climate action: 40% believe their family and friends make a moderate to great deal of effort to reduce global warming, and 40% believe it is moderately to extremely important to their family and friends that they take action.

APA

A., L., E., M., S., R., J., K., J., C., L., N., T., M., M., G., E., C., K., L., & J., M. (2022). Climate Change in the American Mind, April 2022. Center for Climate Change Communication. https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/climate-change-american-mind-april-2022-4/

Chicago

A., Leiserowitz,, Maibach, E., Rosenthal, S., Kotcher, J., Carman, J., Neyens, L., Myers, T., et al. Climate Change in the American Mind, April 2022. Center for Climate Change Communication, 2022. https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/climate-change-american-mind-april-2022-4/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{a2022climate, author = {A., Leiserowitz, and E., Maibach, and S., Rosenthal, and J., Kotcher, and J., Carman, and L., Neyens, and T., Myers, and M., Goldberg, and E., Campbell, and K., Lacroix, and J., Marlon,}, title = {{Climate Change in the American Mind, April 2022}}, institution = {Center for Climate Change Communication}, year = {2022}, month = jul, url = {https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/climate-change-american-mind-april-2022-4/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }