February 16, 2023
Climate Change in the American Mind is conducted jointly by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.
Report Summary
This report is based on findings from a nationally representative survey – Climate Change in the American Mind – conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication. Interview dates: December 2 – 12, 2022. Interviews: 1,085 adults (18+). Average margin of error: +/- 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication: Lisa Fernandez ([email protected]), Jon Ozaksut ([email protected]), and Eric Fine ([email protected])
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication: Edward Maibach ([email protected]) and John Kotcher ([email protected])
Principal Investigators:
Anthony Leiserowitz, PhD
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Edward Maibach, MPH, PhD
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
Seth Rosenthal, PhD
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
John Kotcher, PhD
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
Citation
Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., Rosenthal, S., Kotcher, J., Carman, J., Verner, M., Lee, S., Ballew, M., Uppalapati, S., Campbell, E., Myers, T., Goldberg, M., & Marlon, J. (2023). Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, December 2022. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Funding Source
The research was funded by the 11th Hour Project, the Energy Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the Grantham Foundation.