international public opinion on climate change 2023

The 2023 report by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Meta, and Rare reveals that a vast majority of Facebook users globally believe climate change is happening and is at least partially human-caused. While worry is widespread, personal perceived risk varies significantly by region, with higher levels of personal concern in South America and lower levels in Europe and Southwest Asia/North Africa. There is strong global support for making climate change a government priority, particularly in Puerto Rico and El Salvador.

• Knowledge of climate change varies significantly by region; respondents in Europe are most likely to report knowing at least a moderate amount, while those in Sub-Saharan Africa are the least likely, with no majorities in any area of that region reporting such knowledge.
• A vast majority of respondents across all 110 surveyed areas believe climate change is occurring, with the highest agreement in El Salvador (94%) and the lowest in Haiti (64%), Australia (70%), and the Netherlands (70%).
• While most respondents (109 of 110 areas) believe human activities play at least some role in climate change, only 16 areas have a majority who believe it is mostly caused by humans. Portugal (61%), Spain (59%), and Finland (57%) show the highest belief in primary human causation.
• Widespread worry exists globally, with 108 out of 110 areas reporting a majority of worried respondents. The highest levels of worry are found in South Korea and Puerto Rico (both 93%), while the lowest are in the Netherlands (45%) and Yemen (47%).
• There is a strong global consensus that climate change will significantly harm future generations, with majorities in 80 of 110 areas believing it will harm them "a great deal." This sentiment is strongest in Puerto Rico (84%) and weakest in Yemen (27%).
• Personal risk perception is much lower than general worry; only 24 of 110 areas have a majority of respondents who believe climate change will harm them personally "a great deal." This is most prevalent in El Salvador (66%) and least prevalent in the Czech Republic and Finland (both 5%).
• Climate change is viewed as personally important by majorities in 81 of 110 areas. This is most pronounced in El Salvador (87%) and Mozambique (85%), and least pronounced in the Netherlands (19%) and Jordan (28%).
• There is high global demand for government action, with 103 of 110 areas agreeing that climate change should be a high or very high priority. Puerto Rico (92%) and El Salvador (90%) report the highest priority levels, while Yemen (18%) and the Netherlands (19%) report the lowest.

APA

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (2023). international public opinion on climate change 2023. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/2023/11/international-public-opinion-climate-change-2023.pdf

Chicago

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. international public opinion on climate change 2023. 2023. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/2023/11/international-public-opinion-climate-change-2023.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{yaleprogramonclimatechangecommunication2023international, author = {{Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}}, title = {{international public opinion on climate change 2023}}, institution = {Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}, year = {2023}, url = {https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/2023/11/international-public-opinion-climate-change-2023.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }