Climate Change in the American Mind

The report finds that while a majority of Americans believe global warming is occurring and support various mitigation and adaptation policies, there is a significant gap between public perception and scientific consensus regarding the human cause of climate change.

• A majority of Americans believe global warming is occurring, with 66% stating it is happening (an increase of 3 percentage points since November 2013) and 16% believing it is not.
• Public understanding of the causes of global warming diverges from scientific consensus; only 50% of Americans believe global warming is mostly caused by human activities, and only about 10% are aware that over 90% of climate scientists agree on this cause.
• Americans express strong support for a variety of climate-related policies, including infrastructure improvements for extreme weather (83%), renewable energy research (77%), energy-efficient vehicle or solar panel tax rebates (77%), and the regulation of carbon dioxide as a pollutant (75%).

APA

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (2014). Climate Change in the American Mind. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/climate-change-american-mind-october-2014/

Chicago

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Climate Change in the American Mind. 2014. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/climate-change-american-mind-october-2014/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{yaleprogramonclimatechangecommunication2014climate, author = {{Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}}, title = {{Climate Change in the American Mind}}, institution = {Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}, year = {2014}, month = oct, url = {https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/climate-change-american-mind-october-2014/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }