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The report finds that while 70% of Columbus residents believe global warming is happening and many are worried about it, there is significant uncertainty regarding scientific consensus and personal experience with its effects. A majority support clean energy transitions and believe the U.S. should reduce emissions regardless of other countries' actions, though they remain skeptical about humanity's collective will to successfully reduce global warming.

A 2013 survey of 700 San Francisco adults reveals high levels of belief in human-caused global warming (67%) and significant concern for its impacts. While residents expect severe future effects, including the potential abandonment of parts of the city due to sea level rise (66%), they are uncertain if humanity will successfully reduce warming. There is strong support for clean energy transitions and a preference for the U.S. to reduce emissions regardless of other countries' actions.

The report 'Climate Change in the Irish Mind' details a 2021 survey of 4,000 Irish adults. It finds overwhelming consensus that climate change is happening and human-caused, with high levels of personal worry and trust in scientists. There is strong public support for government climate action, including carbon tax spending on clean energy and transport, and a general belief that climate action will improve economic growth and quality of life. While many express willingness to take political and consumer actions, actual current participation in organized campaigns remains low.

The document provides data on collective political efficacy in the United States, measuring the confidence of various demographic and political groups in their ability to affect federal government action on global warming. Key findings show that confidence varies significantly by political affiliation, ethnicity, and the frequency of social discourse on the topic, with Democrats and Hispanic/Latino respondents reporting higher confidence than Republicans and White respondents.

The report analyzes international public opinion on climate change, finding widespread belief that it is happening and a general desire for increased government action, though levels of worry and perceived personal risk vary significantly by country.

The guide outlines a 30-minute educational activity where students use the interactive Yale Climate Opinion Maps to compare climate change beliefs at national, state, and county levels. The activity includes a guided exploration of the tool's features and a policy-making simulation where students act as advisors to the governor of Louisiana to determine which climate policies would have the most public support based on YCOM data.

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 report finds that while 85% of the UK public recognizes human impact on climate change, significant gaps in understanding and a high prevalence of disinformation persist. 82% of respondents believe in at least one piece of climate disinformation, with common myths centering on the unaffordability of net zero and the inability of the electricity grid to support electric vehicles. Trust in corporate climate commitments is very low, with 91% of respondents not fully trusting brands to accurately portray their commitments. Social media is identified as the primary source of disinformation by 40% of the public.

The author contends that the 'No' campaign against the Australian Indigenous Voice to Parliament is not a grassroots movement but a strategic operation by the Atlas Network, a global infrastructure of neoliberal think-tanks. The paper links this effort to a long-term pattern of climate disinformation and opposition to environmental policy, suggesting that the Voice is opposed because it could empower Indigenous communities to challenge fossil-fuel projects. The author details the interlocking memberships between the Atlas Network, the Mont Pelerin Society, and Australian political figures, arguing that these networks use 'astroturfing' and disinformation to shift public opinion in favor of corporate interests.

The document outlines how marketers can leverage their roles as storytellers to drive climate action, avoid working with fossil fuel clients, and implement sustainable production and communication practices.

The document outlines how corporate government relations specialists can align company policy with climate goals. It emphasizes the necessity of advocating for supportive legislation, such as clean energy standards, and ensuring that lobbying expenditures and trade association memberships do not contradict climate ambitions. Key recommendations include tracking climate-related policies, disclosing climate risks, avoiding 'double-dipping' lobbyists who represent the fossil fuel industry, and utilizing internal carbon pricing to maintain accountability.

The document outlines the drivers of global warming, specifically the emission of climate pollutants from fossil fuels, land use, and industrial activities. It introduces Project Drawdown's approach to climate action, which prioritizes the deployment of existing, scalable, and economically feasible physical practices and technologies over theoretical future developments. The text distinguishes between 'solutions' (physical practices), 'levers' (policies and investments), and 'key actors' (the people implementing them), while detailing the transparent, open-source methodology used by the Drawdown Explorer to categorize and evaluate these solutions by their mode of action and sector.

Ember argues that Australia's 43% emission reduction target by 2030 is implausible without addressing coal mine methane (CMM), which dominates the energy sector's methane emissions. The submission urges Australia to join the Global Methane Pledge, improve its methane inventory to address potential underreporting, and adopt a 20-year emissions factor for domestic strategy to better reflect methane's short-term warming power.

The report analyzes the influence of fossil fuel funding on political decision-making, arguing that the industry uses financial leverage to obstruct climate action and maintain the dominance of carbon-intensive energy sources. It details the mechanisms of this influence, including direct funding to political parties and the role of industry-backed lobbying, and calls for greater transparency and a shift toward sustainable energy investments.

The document argues that fossil fuels act as weapons of mass destruction, contributing to 86% of CO2 emissions in the last decade. It analyzes the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Mine Ban Treaty, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to provide a roadmap for a similar global fossil fuel regime. The brief identifies four pivotal areas for success: building an evidence base through civil society reporting, igniting conversations via city and parliamentarian advocacy, shifting the narrative from defense to humanitarian issues, and convening pioneering countries through regional bans and strategic conferences. It also details treaty elements such as prohibitions, victim assistance obligations, and the role of implementation agencies like the IAEA and OPCW.

The proposed Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty is based on three pillars: an immediate end to the expansion of new fossil fuel production, a fair phase-out of existing production aligned with the 1.5 target, and a global just transition to ensure support for affected workers and communities. The initiative argues that current 'net zero' plans often fail to address fossil fuels and that a rapid global exit is possible because renewable energy resources are sufficient to meet global demand.

The report evaluates South Africa's sustainability transition, arguing that the green economy is often treated as a sector rather than an economy-wide transformation. It critiques the 2011 Green Economy Accord as a 'public relations exercise' due to a lack of enforcement and monitoring, while praising the Socio-Economic Impact Assessment System (SEIAS) for improving the inter-disciplinary nature of policymaking despite internal capacity constraints.

The document analyzes Germany's disinformation environment, highlighting the role of domestic far-right actors and foreign influence from Russia, China, and Turkey. It examines the shift from the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG) to the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) and reports a persistent reach of disinformation websites, with 3.6 billion page views from Germany in 2024. Key narrative clusters include election denialism, anti-immigrant hate speech, and climate policy opposition, while foreign operations aim to polarize society and weaken support for Ukraine.

The 'Toxic Friends' campaign by Global Witness aimed to expose the relationships between politicians and corporate polluters, urging leaders to reject 'false solutions' and 'greenwashing' in favor of voices from the climate crisis frontline. The campaign utilized a simplified narrative and social media tactics to engage over 160 influential individuals and 100 organizations across 15 countries. Key strategic goals included delegitimizing corporate presence in policy spaces and highlighting the violence faced by environmental defenders.

GreenLatinos' 2025-2028 Strategic Plan focuses on increasing the political influence of the Latino environmental community through the establishment of a 501(c)4 advocacy entity and a Political Action Committee (PAC). The organization aims to expand its state programs in Colorado, California, New Mexico, Illinois, and Texas, while increasing support for leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean to influence international climate and conservation frameworks. Key operational goals include launching a mission-aligned social enterprise and developing leadership programs for members.