Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2024 Alabama

The 2024 data for Alabama indicates that while a majority of residents (62%) believe global warming is occurring, there is a split in perception regarding its cause, with 51% attributing it to human activities. Support for clean energy transitions and renewable energy research is notable, with 57% supporting a transition to 100% clean energy by 2050 and 72% supporting renewable energy research. Risk perceptions are significant, as 54% of residents are worried about global warming and 61% believe it will harm future generations and animal species.

• A majority of Alabama residents acknowledge global warming, though views on its cause and scientific consensus are less unified: 62% believe global warming is happening, 51% attribute it mostly to human activities, and 46% believe most scientists agree it is occurring.
• Public perception of climate impacts in the U.S. is varied, with the highest agreement (55%) that global warming affects weather, followed by extreme heat (53%), hurricanes (47%), and droughts (47%). Personally, 41% of Alabamians agree they have experienced these effects.
• There is strong support for renewable energy and carbon regulation in Alabama: 72% support funding research into renewable energy and generating renewable energy on public land, 69% support regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant, and 57% support transitioning the U.S. economy to 100% clean energy by 2050.
• Risk perceptions are high for external groups and the environment, but lower for personal impact: 61% believe global warming will harm future generations and plants/animal species, while only 38% believe it will harm them personally a moderate or great deal.
• A majority of Alabamians believe various entities should increase their efforts to address global warming, including corporations (61%), citizens (54%), Congress (53%), the President (50%), and local officials or the governor (51% each).

APA

Goddard, E. (2015). Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2024 Alabama. Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/news-events/climate-change-alabama/

Chicago

Goddard, Emily. Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2024 Alabama. Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, 2015. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/news-events/climate-change-alabama/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{goddard2015public, author = {Goddard, Emily}, title = {{Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2024 Alabama}}, institution = {Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}, year = {2015}, month = jan, url = {https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/news-events/climate-change-alabama/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }