Attitudes
72%
of Americans think global warming is happening; only 13% think it is not.
Yale/GMU, Fall 2025
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Most people already care about climate change. But many rarely hear friends, family, neighbors, or trusted voices say it out loud.
of Americans think global warming is happening; only 13% think it is not.
of people around the world agree schools should teach about climate change.
of Americans hear people they know talk about global warming only several times a year or less; one-third never do.
of US voters are not asking their elected officials to take action to reduce global warming.
of people around the world are worried about climate impacts on the next generation.
of Americans say global warming should be a priority for the next President and Congress.
of people in every country surveyed agree climate change is happening; over 90% in many Latin American countries.
of Americans are not engaging in effective climate action - and many say it's because they've never been asked.
of Americans underestimate how many of their fellow citizens are worried about global warming.
of registered US voters say schools should teach the causes, consequences, and solutions for global warming.
of people worldwide want intensified political action on climate.
of Americans are Alarmed or Concerned, more than twice the share who are Doubtful or Dismissive.
of national populations under-estimate fellow citizens' willingness to support climate action.
of Americans support regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
in 31 countries are Alarmed about climate change.
of Americans say they have personally experienced the effects of global warming.
of Americans think global warming will harm future generations.
of people around the world say climate change has affected their personal decisions.
of people in the Global South hear about climate change once a week.
Sources: Yale/GMU Climate Change in the American Mind Spring 2026, Yale/GMU Climate Change in the American Mind Fall 2025, Yale Global Warming's Six Americas Fall 2025, Yale Climate Opinion Maps 2025, Rare Climate Culture Index, UNDP People's Climate Vote 2024, Nature Climate Change 2024, Yale International Public Opinion on Climate Change 2022, Yale/Meta International Public Opinion on Climate Change 2021, Yale/GMU Segmenting the Climate Change Alarmed 2021.
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