NAVIGATING THE YALE CLIMATE OPINION MAPS STUDENT PAGE

The document is a student guide for navigating the Yale Climate Opinion Maps, an interactive tool designed to show how Americans' opinions on climate change vary geographically. It leads students through a series of steps to compare climate beliefs in their own communities against national averages and includes a policy application exercise focused on Louisiana to demonstrate how such data can inform policy decision-making and communication strategies.

• The Yale Climate Opinion Maps tool allows users to examine climate change opinions in the United States across three different geographic scales: national, state, and county.
• The tool utilizes a color-coded map and a 'Select Question' function to visualize specific beliefs, such as whether global warming is happening or if it is caused by human activities.
• The guide uses a hypothetical scenario involving the governor of Louisiana to teach students how to apply climate opinion data to policy decisions, specifically regarding renewable energy research, climate change education in schools, and the expansion of offshore drilling.

APA

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (n.d.). NAVIGATING THE YALE CLIMATE OPINION MAPS STUDENT PAGE. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/2021/02/Navigating-YCOM-Student_2026.pdf

Chicago

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. NAVIGATING THE YALE CLIMATE OPINION MAPS STUDENT PAGE. n.d. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/2021/02/Navigating-YCOM-Student_2026.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{yaleprogramonclimatechangecommunicationndnavigating, author = {{Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}}, title = {{NAVIGATING THE YALE CLIMATE OPINION MAPS STUDENT PAGE}}, institution = {Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}, url = {https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/2021/02/Navigating-YCOM-Student_2026.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }