Global Warming’s Six Americas, Fall 2023

The report identifies six climate opinion segments in the US: Alarmed, Concerned, Cautious, Disengaged, Doubtful, and Dismissive. As of Fall 2023, 56% of Americans are either Alarmed or Concerned, with the Alarmed segment growing from 15% in 2013 to 28% in 2023. The Cautious segment saw the largest decline over the same period, dropping from 26% to 15%.

• The American public is divided into six climate opinion audiences: the Alarmed (most worried and likely to support action), Concerned (worried but less motivated), Cautious (uncertain and less worried), Disengaged (disconnected), Doubtful (question human cause/occurrence), and Dismissive (reject the idea of global warming and most likely to oppose action).
• In Fall 2023, 28% of Americans were categorized as Alarmed, and a majority of 56% of Americans fall into either the Alarmed or Concerned audiences. Americans are more than twice as likely to be Alarmed or Concerned (56%) than Doubtful or Dismissive (23%).
• Over the decade between 2013 and 2023, the Alarmed audience nearly doubled in size, increasing from 15% to 28%. During the same period, the Cautious audience decreased from 26% to 15%, and the combined Alarmed and Concerned group grew from 40% to 56%.
• There has been a recent increase in climate concern among Republicans, with the percentage of those who are Alarmed or Concerned rising from 22% to 28% over the past year, while the percentage for Democrats remained stable at 82%.

APA

Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., Rosenthal, S., Kotcher, J., Goddard, E., Carman, J., Verner, M., Ballew, M., Marlon, J., Lee, S., Myers, T., Goldberg, M., Badullovich, N., & Thier, K. (2023). Global Warming’s Six Americas, Fall 2023. Center for Climate Change Communication. https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/global-warmings-six-americas-fall-2023/

Chicago

Leiserowitz, A., E. Maibach, S. Rosenthal, J. Kotcher, E. Goddard, J. Carman, M. Verner, et al. Global Warming’s Six Americas, Fall 2023. Center for Climate Change Communication, 2023. https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/global-warmings-six-americas-fall-2023/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{leiserowitz2023global, author = {Leiserowitz, A. and Maibach, E. and Rosenthal, S. and Kotcher, J. and Goddard, E. and Carman, J. and Verner, M. and Ballew, M. and Marlon, J. and Lee, S. and Myers, T. and Goldberg, M. and Badullovich, N. and Thier, K.}, title = {{Global Warming’s Six Americas, Fall 2023}}, institution = {Center for Climate Change Communication}, year = {2023}, month = dec, url = {https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/global-warmings-six-americas-fall-2023/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }