Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Spring 2023

This report is based on findings from a nationally representative survey – Climate Change in the American Mind – conducted jointly by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication. Interview dates: April 18 – May 1, 2023. Interviews: 1,011 adults (18+). Perceived Risks of Global Warming ● About half of Americans (48%) think people in the United States are being harmed by global warming “right now,” and nearly as many (44%) say they have personally experienced the effects of global warming. [...] Impacts of Global Warming ● A majority of Americans (65%) think global warming is affecting weather in the United States, including 33% who think weather is being affected “a lot.” ● Majorities of Americans think global warming is affecting many environmental problems in the United States including extreme heat (75%), rising sea levels (72%), wildfires (71%), droughts (71%), flooding (69%), water.