Yale Climate Opinion Maps 2023

Public opinion about global warming influences the decision-making process for policies to reduce global warming or prepare for the impacts. However, American opinions differ significantly according to where people live. Therefore we can not rely on just the national average to understand public responses to climate change.

The team of scientists at Yale’s Program for Climate Change Communication has developed this geographic and statistical model to downscale national public opinion results to the state, congressional district, and county levels. This now allows us to estimate public opinion across the country, revealing a rich picture of the diversity of Americans’ beliefs, attitudes, and policy support.