Advancing Climate and Health Policy: Insights from Six Geographies

We organized a multi-national team to identify opportunities to advance and integrate national climate and health policies in six countries/regions: Brazil, the Caribbean, Germany, Kenya, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Americans increasingly understand how climate change harms health

Understanding of the health harms of global warming has increased since 2014.

Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs and Attitudes, Fall 2024

Two-thirds of Americans think global warming is affecting weather in the U.S.

Climate Solutions are Health Solutions

Our Center’s Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health empowers the trusted voices of health professionals and facilitates the medical community’s response to climate change.

Research in Action

We are a world-leading social science research center that identifies new opportunities to enhance public understanding of climate change, and increases public engagement with climate solutions.

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What We Do

Our research informs programs that activate the most trusted voices in America. Our programs activate trusted voices at scale with proven messages to help build public and political will for equitable climate solutions.

Climate Change in the American Mind

Our public opinion polling has explored and tracked public understanding of climate change since 2008.

Climate Matters in the Newsroom

Provides weathercasters and journalists nationwide with climate reporting resources about the relevance of climate change in their communities. 

Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health

The Consortium raises public awareness about the health harms of climate change, and the health benefits of climate solutions.

republicEn

Led by former South Carolina Congressman Bob Inglis, we encourage climate leadership among conservative Americans and elected officials.

National Park Service Internship

Our climate communication internship program with NPS elevates the climate stories of our national parks.

Virginia Climate Center

Works to enhance Virginia’s resilience to the impacts of climate variability and climate change.

Our Latest Work

Mar 19 2025

Protected: Global Warming’s Six Americas, Fall 2024

In 2009, we identified Global Warming’s Six Americas – the Alarmed,...
Feb 28 2025

Climate Change in the American Mind: Public Perceptions of the Health Harms of Global Warming, Fall 2024

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Feb 13 2025

Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs and Attitudes, Fall 2024

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Jan 30 2025

Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Fall 2024

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Jan 23 2025

Americans’ support for climate justice

Alberto Mazzieri / Climate Visuals Countdown We are pleased to announce...
Dec 10 2024

Climate change psychological distress is associated with increased collective climate action in the U.S.

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article,...
Oct 08 2024

Mason 4C’s Resources on Climate in the 2024 U.S. General Election

2024 is a critically important election year for the climate in the U.S....
Sep 11 2024

Changes in U.S. voters’ top reasons to reduce global warming

People get involved in climate action for different reasons. Some people...
Aug 07 2024

Can large language models estimate public opinion about global warming?

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article,...
Jul 16 2024

Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Spring 2024

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Support Our Work

The work of Mason's Center for Climate Change Communication (4C) would not be possible without the generous financial support we have received from philanthropic foundations and individual donors.

You too can support our important work by donating via a secure online donation form. Your financial contribution will be processed on our behalf by the George Mason University Foundation, and is tax deductible.

Our Impact

Our motivation is to apply our research discoveries about the public understanding of climate and communication to benefit the world.

Climate Matters

Provides more than 1,100 local weathercasters with localized climate reporting data. That's more than half of America's TV weathercasters.

Reporting on Climate Matters

Our research shows there's been a 100 fold increase in on-air climate reporting by weathercasters

The Power of the Health Voice

The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health has 50 national medical societies representing over 700,000 physicians—70% of U.S. doctors

Most Americans Think Global Warming Is Happening

Americans who think global warming is happening outnumber those who think it is not happening by a ratio of nearly 5 to 1 (74% versus 15%)

Concern about Global Warming

About two-thirds of Americans (66%) say they are at least “somewhat worried” about global warming. This includes 30% of Americans who say they are “very worried.”