Americans are less concerned – but more divided – on climate change than people elsewhere
There is minimal praise from other societies for how the United States and China are handling climate change.
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There is minimal praise from other societies for how the United States and China are handling climate change.
46% of U.S. adults say the area where they live has had an extreme weather event over the past 12 months.
Among U.S. social media users, 45% of Gen Z adults have interacted with content that focuses on the need for action on climate change.
While residential solar power generates just a fraction of the country’s overall electricity, it has continued to grow rapidly.
Majorities of Americans say the federal government, businesses and other actors are doing too little to reduce the effects of climate change.
No more than half of Americans say they think solar geoengineering and cloud seeding would make a difference in reducing the effects of climate change.
Democrats are far more willing to say the U.S. can learn from other countries on major policy issues than Republicans are.
65% of U.S. adults say science has had a mostly positive effect on society; 28% say it has had an equal mix of positive and negative effects.
A majority of U.S. registered voters say climate change will be a very or somewhat important issue when casting their vote for president.
Among Republicans, support for increasing reliance on solar power is down from 84% last year to 73% today.
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