Americans Support International Climate Agreement in Paris

A 2015 survey of 1,330 American adults shows strong public support for reaching an international climate agreement in Paris, with 71% stating it 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.

• A significant majority of Americans believe that reaching an agreement at the Paris summit to limit global warming is important, with 71% in total and 43% specifically stating it is 'very or extremely important'. This support spans political lines, with 85% of Democrats and 64% of Republicans viewing an agreement as important.
• Most Americans believe the United States and other nations need to increase their efforts to combat global warming. Specifically, 64% say the U.S. should do 'more' or 'much more', while majorities believe developing countries (72%) and other industrialized nations (66%) should also increase their actions.
• A majority of Americans (62%) believe the U.S. should reduce its greenhouse gas emissions independently of the actions of other countries. Only 9% believe the U.S. should act only if other industrialized and developing countries do, and 6% believe the U.S. should not reduce emissions at all.

APA

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (2015). Americans Support International Climate Agreement in Paris. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/americans-support-international-climate-agreement-paris/

Chicago

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Americans Support International Climate Agreement in Paris. 2015. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/americans-support-international-climate-agreement-paris/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{yaleprogramonclimatechangecommunication2015americans, author = {{Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}}, title = {{Americans Support International Climate Agreement in Paris}}, institution = {Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}, year = {2015}, month = nov, url = {https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/americans-support-international-climate-agreement-paris/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }