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Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Spring 2023 - Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

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: April 18 – May 1, 2023. Interviews: 1,011 adults (18+). Average margin of error: +/- 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.

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.

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

For all media and other inquiries, please email:

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication: Lisa Fernandez ( lisa.fernandez@yale.edu), Jon Ozaksut ( jon.ozaksut@yale.edu), and Eric Fine ( eric.fine@yale.edu)

George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication: Edward Maibach ( emaibach@gmu.edu) and John Kotcher ( jkotcher@gmu.edu)

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