Knowledge of Climate Change Across Global Warming’s Six Americas

The 2010 Global Warming's Six Americas report found Americans react to climate change in six fundamentally different ways. One consensus across these six categories, however, is support for alternative energy initiatives .  In his latest update, Anthony Leiserowitz explains that these findings indicate "it's about finding policies that people can come to agreement about, even though they may agree to it for very different reasons."

Posted on Yale Project on Climate Change and Communication
January 10, 2011

Knowledge of Climate Change Across Global Warming’s Six Americas

Knowledge of Climate Change Across Global Warming's Six Americas reports results from a national study of what the American public understands about how the climate system works, and the causes, impacts and potential solutions to global warming.