Most Say an Agreement is Important and Countries Should Do More About Global Warming

A survey of 1,330 American adults conducted in 2015 shows strong public support for an international climate agreement in Paris, with 71% stating such an agreement is important. A majority of respondents (64%) believe the U.S. should do more to address global warming, and 62% argue the U.S. should reduce emissions regardless of the actions of other countries. Furthermore, majorities believe both developing countries (72%) and other industrialized nations (66%) should increase their efforts to combat climate change.

• A significant majority of Americans believe that reaching an agreement at the 2015 Paris summit to limit global warming is important, with 71% overall support, including 85% of Democrats and 64% of Republicans.
• Most Americans believe the United States and other nations should increase their efforts to address global warming; 64% say the U.S. should do more or much more, while 72% of respondents believe developing countries and 66% believe other industrialized nations should do more.
• A majority of Americans (62%) support the U.S. reducing its greenhouse gas emissions independently of the actions taken by other countries, while only 9% believe the U.S. should act only if other industrialized and developing countries also reduce theirs.

APA

Leiserowitz, A., Feinberg, G., Rosenthal, S., Maibach, E., & Roser-Renouf, C. (2015). Most Say an Agreement is Important and Countries Should Do More About Global Warming. Center for Climate Change Communication. https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/americans-support-an-international-climate-agreement-in-paris/

Chicago

Leiserowitz, Anthony, Geoff Feinberg, Seth Rosenthal, Edward Maibach, and Connie Roser-Renouf. Most Say an Agreement is Important and Countries Should Do More About Global Warming. Center for Climate Change Communication, 2015. https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/americans-support-an-international-climate-agreement-in-paris/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{leiserowitz2015most, author = {Leiserowitz, Anthony and Feinberg, Geoff and Rosenthal, Seth and Maibach, Edward and Roser-Renouf, Connie}, title = {{Most Say an Agreement is Important and Countries Should Do More About Global Warming}}, institution = {Center for Climate Change Communication}, year = {2015}, month = nov, url = {https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/americans-support-an-international-climate-agreement-in-paris/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }