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Climate Communication and Public Understanding
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Climate communication shapes how people connect scientific evidence with lived experience, politics, policy, and possible responses.
The subject includes media framing of extreme weather, misinformation and denial, scientists’ efforts to communicate risk, public opinion, and cultural works such as The Emilys and The Children’s Bible that imagine climate disruption in ordinary life. It also examines how newsroom priorities, political pressure, and explanatory storytelling affect public attention and understanding, including the role of institutions such as the IPCC and initiatives such as Covering Climate Now.
Key Articles4 of 178 articles
If you read one thing
It connects public support and visible extreme weather with the gap in political communication, spanning three central dimensions.
Best explainer
It explains why broad affordability claims can fail with skeptics and why trusted messengers and local savings may matter.
The evidence
Its research on distrust narratives and right-wing media adds a distinct account of how disinformation can obstruct climate action.
The evidence
It examines how repeated extreme heat can feel ordinary, adding evidence on normalization beyond the broader communication and polling coverage.
Key Issues
Polarization and distrust constrain climate action
Partisan hostility is associated with weaker climate-policy enforcement and higher power-plant emissions, while disinformation narratives can deepen distrust in political, scientific, and media institutions. Skepticism toward messengers also limits the reach of some climate and clean-energy arguments.
Climate communication depends on trusted, concrete framing
Evidence favors communication grounded in trusted messengers and recognizable local consequences, including household costs, health, and extreme heat. Broad affordability claims or crisis language can fail to persuade some audiences, while familiar places and immediate impacts may make climate risks more salient.
Public support persists as climate recedes from political focus
Polling indicates substantial support for climate action, clean energy, and government preparation for extreme weather. At the same time, climate ranks below more immediate voter concerns and political leaders and campaigns often reduce explicit climate discussion or shift toward affordability framing.
Repeated extremes risk becoming less noticeable
Repeated exposure to extreme temperatures can make them seem less extraordinary even when their impacts remain distressing. Reporting on shifting local baselines and political silence amid visible heat and extreme-weather effects points to a gap between lived conditions and sustained recognition of climate risk.
Key Numbers
28% percent
support for a candidate emphasizing clean-energy affordability
“In a forced-choice test, voters preferred a hypothetical candidate who emphasized the environment while avoiding climate-related language. That message received 38% support, compared with 28% for clean-energy affordability and 35% for energy independence.”
38% percent
support for a candidate emphasizing the environment
“In a forced-choice test, voters preferred a hypothetical candidate who emphasized the environment while avoiding climate-related language. That message received 38% support, compared with 28% for clean-energy affordability and 35% for energy independence.”
roughly 3,500 participants
survey sample
“A new report from the 2035 Initiative, a climate policy research center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, challenges the idea that discussing climate change costs Democrats votes. The report analyzed two summer surveys involving roughly 3,500 participants weighted to represent the U.S. electorate. Researchers found that emphasizing climate change was generally neutral or helpful politically.”
4.5 percentage points
increase in candidate preference when climate was a top priority
“Across all voters, that increased candidate preference by 4.5 percentage points. Among voters open to supporting Republicans, mentioning climate made no difference, although it hurt candidates among committed Republicans.”
About 60 percent
Republican support for solar and wind investment
“About two-thirds of respondents supported a government program investing in solar and wind energy regardless of whether the program was framed as addressing climate change, developing new energy sources, or reducing pollution and protecting clean air. About 60 percent of Republican respondents supported the policy, and including the word “climate” did not reduce their support.”
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The material examines how climate change is communicated and understood, including a reported decline in news coverage, misinformation during extreme-heat events, and efforts to frame climate issues in less partisan, more everyday terms. Surveys cited in the material indicate continued public concern and support for climate action and renewable energy, even as communicators face challenges of limited attention and trust. Together, these patterns highlight a gap between public interest and the visibility and clarity of climate information.
All Articles178 articles
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7/8/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
University of Waterloo researchers modeled regional social norms and found that peer-driven climate learning and free-riding change mitigation timing and peak warming outcomes.
7/12/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Al Gore told ABC News in Tennessee that 2015-2025 record heat and rising CO2 support human-attributed warming and stronger storms.
6/17/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Gary W. Yohe examines in a February 2026 commentary how organized dogmatism and personal experience shape U.S. public responses to scientific evidence on climate change.
2/4/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Researchers Clara Kühner and Hannes Zacher studied 1,152 adults in Germany from September 2023 to June 2024 and found knowledge correlates with worry but not anxiety changes.
7/23/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Denver-area residents discuss shifting baseline syndrome using Colorado temperature and precipitation records and firsthand experiences of heat, smoke, and water changes.
7/14/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Colorado residents and historical NOAA records are cited to show how shifting climate baselines can normalize hotter, smokier conditions and reduce expectations for environmental quality.
7/14/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Researchers across 92 democracies report that higher affective polarization correlates with higher plant CO2 emissions today.
3/1/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Researchers link affective polarization to higher power plant emissions across 92 democracies.
2/27/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Climate Power, the League of Conservation Voters, and the NRDC Action Fund said in a 2020s memo that Democratic candidates can use energy costs and clean power in competitive midterm races in the United States.
9/11/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Interesting
A 2025 international research synthesis found that gendered consumption and power structures increase emissions while women and marginalized communities face greater climate risks.
8/1/2026 • People & Justice • General
A monthly survey by Alex Lundry for Centreline Liberties and Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum found broad bipartisan American voter support for expanding renewable energy.
9/16/2026 • Clean Energy & Emissions • General
Research on environmental campaign imagery found that threat and vulnerability images from Europe and other locations can increase climate awareness and engagement despite provoking negative emotions.
9/4/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Heatmap News and Embold Research reported that American voters in recent polling valued environmental protection more than climate-focused language, with local organizers emphasizing health, water, and community control across the United States.
9/14/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
The 2035 Initiative at the University of California, Santa Barbara, reported that climate messaging did not reduce Democratic candidates' support among U.S. voters in two summer surveys.
9/10/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Embold Research found in a U.S. voter study that trusted scientists, household savings, and local evidence persuaded more people than climate crisis language or national renewable-energy cost claims.
9/10/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
In recent U.S. polling, Heatmap News and Embold Research found that climate-skeptical voters distrust broad wind and solar affordability claims while preferring local bill-savings evidence.
9/10/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Researchers using coverage from more than 5,000 U.S. newspapers find that higher local climate attention increases green investment, flood insurance purchases, and corporate environmental performance.
8/31/2026 • Economy, Business & Innovation • General
Democratic candidates and climate groups are reducing explicit climate messaging in 2020s U.S. politics as affordability and opposition to Donald Trump dominate campaigns, particularly in Massachusetts.
8/29/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Climate communicators are urging educators, filmmakers, and storytellers to present attainable climate solutions alongside catastrophe narratives in contemporary public discourse.
9/21/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Frances Moore and colleagues found through analysis of more than two billion social-media posts that repeated exposure makes extreme temperatures less remarkable online.
9/13/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Potential Energy Coalition research found this summer that Americans in the United States increasingly linked extreme weather to climate change and supported government action.
9/8/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Researchers analysing Australias climate policy debates between 2017 and 2022 report no coverage of heat pumps while identifying dominant fossil fuel and NGO voices.
2/3/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Yale School of the Environment faculty discussed climate adaptation, natural assets, AI communication, migration, and urban wildlife on Sept. 22 at the Yale Club in New York City.
9/28/2026 • Adaptation & Resilience • General
During Climate Week NYC, the Frontline Resource Institute convened nearly 200 participants in New York City to advance community-led climate solutions.
9/24/2026 • People & Justice • General
In Canada, a 2,503-person summer 2024 survey links climate policy support mainly to affective polarization rather than oil and gas ties.
4/28/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
A conceptual framework introduces the Nudge Intensity Model to help climate and health practitioners calibrate behavioral interventions according to influence, context, ethics, and policy goals.
9/1/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
December 2024 United States survey research reports higher public links between climate change and health, with large political divides and growing beliefs that wind and solar harm health.
7/22/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Katharine Hayhoe introduced the Talking Climate Collaborative to support climate communicators, drawing on a survey of communicators in the United States and Canada.
9/21/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Disney’s Monsters at Work depicts Monstropolis transitioning from scream-based electricity to laughter-based power, highlighting regulation, energy insecurity and worker displacement through an allegorical television story.
9/15/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Researchers publishing in the Journal of Environmental Psychology in 2026 found across 71 studies that emotional climate communication more effectively motivated action than facts or personal responsibility appeals.
9/11/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Embold Research found in 2025 and 2026 U.S. surveys that voters broadly prioritize lower electricity bills but distrust clean-energy cost claims and institutional messengers.
9/10/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Embold Research surveyed thousands of U.S. voters in 2020s research and found climate messaging produced divergent reactions among persuaded, persuadable, and skeptical groups.
9/10/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Rutgers and Muhlenberg College researchers found in a survey of more than 600 U.S. adults that most preferred emissions reductions over geoengineering, which ranked last among climate actions.
9/9/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Democratic candidates are downplaying explicit climate messaging before the November midterms as voters in the United States prioritize affordability and electricity costs.
9/9/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Researchers at the University of Graz found that Midnight Rider Telegram narratives use disinformation and emotional appeals to undermine climate action in Austria.
9/5/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
During the second Trump era in the United States, Trembath argued that less absolutist climate politics could broaden support for durable decarbonization.
9/2/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Flinders University researchers found in an Australian survey that moral convictions, social identity, and perceived support can increase willingness to join environmental protests and civil disobedience.
8/31/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Japan survey of 1,133 respondents finds hierarchy worldviews reduce climate and climate-related biodiversity policy support, while relational nature values increase support.
7/11/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
A BERTopic study of Canadian subreddits from 2023-2024 maps online discussion priorities for household climate actions, emphasizing energy management and transportation choices.
6/18/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Scientists and U.S. policymakers discuss growing climate risks amid federal research rollbacks and election-year shifts in climate messaging toward energy affordability.
5/26/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
U.S. media coverage of climate change declined sharply after 2021, according to University of Colorado Boulder and Media Matters metrics, amid political pressure and newsroom cuts.
5/1/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
A survey of Lithuanian adults finds climate-belief groups distinguishable by pro-science attitudes, with science attitudes mediating personality effects on climate risk perception.
4/1/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
The Trump administration moved in the late 2010s to revoke the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas endangerment finding, reshaping US climate authority and international engagement.
2/14/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
On January 27, 2026, Stanford-led researchers reported in PNAS Nexus that evidence- and social-based messaging most effectively spurs U.S. residents to join collective climate actions.
1/27/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication report in Fall 2025 that 72 percent of US adults believe global warming is happening.
11/6/2025 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Earth.Org in 2026 reported that global news outlets reduced climate-change coverage in 2025 despite record emissions and consistent audience interest, without mentioning heat pumps.
1/1/1900 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Climate communicators in the United States and Canada are urging broader nonpartisan public discussion of climate impacts and solutions amid worsening extreme weather and health risks.
9/21/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Climate activists in California and across the United States are organizing during the Trump administration against fossil-fuel expansion and environmental rollbacks while promoting clean energy and electric vehicles.
9/19/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation found in a recent nationwide United States survey that extreme-weather damage was linked to lower perceived personal control.
8/18/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Between March 19 and April 16, 2025, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and CVoter surveyed 2,164 adults in India to assess public meaning of global warming.
7/7/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Survey analysis of 2014 to 2024 Climate Change in the American Mind results finds rising American perception of climate-related health harms, driven mainly by Democrats.
6/30/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Rishi Sunak and other leaders cited small global emissions shares to resist climate policy while analysts and climate scientists pointed to historical and future-emissions responsibility.
6/30/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Meteorologists report intensifying El Nino as US solar overtakes coal and permitting and policy barriers affect wind and solar deployment and household energy costs.
6/11/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
In Australia, scientists and energy researchers rebut One Nation claims about warming, extreme-weather trends, net zero costs, and coal-plant affordability.
5/21/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Yale updates Climate Opinion Maps to show U.S. public support for public-land solar and wind and opposition to fossil fuel drilling and mining on public land.
5/5/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Survey data from U.S. registered voters indicates strong support for carbon dioxide regulation and clean-energy priorities ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
4/1/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
In June 2026, THB posts examined IPCC claim amplification and politicized federal science funding through analyses spanning Galiani et al. and OMB rule proposals.
6/30/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
During the 2020s, Democratic campaigns and climate groups in the United States reduced climate-focused messaging as voters prioritized affordability, opposition to Donald Trump, and other issues.
8/29/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
A Senate inquiry in Australia reported AI- and social-media-amplified misinformation about wind, batteries, and EVs, urging federal action before the next election.
3/25/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Headline Newds launched its second season in April with Lily Phillips appearing in a climate change video criticizing the oil industry.
9/16/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Bjorn Lomborg reviews claims tied to An Inconvenient Truth, comparing predictions with later data on disasters, hurricanes, wildfires, polar bears, and emissions.
5/24/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Over the past two years, Covering Climate Now and reporters worldwide have profiled climate-concerned communities to show public support for climate action and encourage more accurate coverage.
9/28/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Across a decade of U.S. short stories, researchers at Rice University and Colby College found climate references in about 10% of The New Yorker fiction they reviewed.
9/25/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Over the past year, TED Countdown's Ground Crew supported 238 social media creators through climate communication training and selective stipends, with workshops and field trips in London, New York, Costa Rica, Kenya, and Ecuador.
9/23/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Before a climate event at Riverside Church in New York, Al Gore promoted moral arguments for climate action amid U.S. emissions-policy changes.
9/18/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Leah Stokes argues that climate-focused candidates gain voter support and urges California to restore school heat-pump funding after CalSHAPE's cancellation.
9/16/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Democratic climate advocates are being urged to emphasize clean-energy savings and rising climate costs for American voters ahead of the 2026 and 2028 elections.
9/11/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Binkowski linked a possible Labor Day storm near Southern California with climate-related risk and organized denial during a Pacific tropical storm threat.
9/2/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Bill McKibben will co-host weekly podcast episodes through Election Day on climate politics, environmental voting, and midterm election issues across major podcast platforms.
8/31/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
UK newspaper heat wave coverage in June omitted climate-change references in about 72% of nearly 2,500 stories across nine outlets.
7/27/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
A UK newspaper study published in mid-2024 found most June heatwave stories omitted climate change and rarely linked coverage to net-zero policies.
7/21/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Copernicus reported record ocean-surface temperatures in June as extreme heat during the July 4 weekend raised public and political disputes over climate science.
7/16/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
During a European heatwave, climate misinformation and denial narratives resurfaced online as EDMO fact-checks and Eurobarometer data showed continued support for climate action.
7/2/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
A U.S. heat wave in the Plains, Midwest, and Southeast is framed as climate-driven, amid reduced climate messaging in U.S. politics and media.
7/1/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Studies in China and the United States show climate risk perception responds to air pollution views, climate knowledge, emotions, and trust in institutions, shaping mitigation and adaptation behaviors.
6/20/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Robert Kopp and other experts say U.S. policymakers have deprioritized climate action in Washington as impacts accelerate and political focus shifts to energy costs.
6/3/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Boykoff argues MeCCO data showing declining climate newspaper coverage reduces public connections between climate science and governance in 2025 and early 2026.
5/30/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
A political messaging essay urges Democrats to frame climate change around affordability, energy bills, insurance costs, and public safety.
5/13/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
A July 2025 US skeptical climate impacts report prompted renewed calls for stable, nuanced climate governance during election season.
5/5/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Mark Hertsgaard-led interviews in early 2026 for a Covering Climate Now white paper describe declining 2025 climate coverage driven by newsroom priorities, politics, and staff cuts.
4/16/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
The article argues U.S. climate policy reversals and EPA regulatory changes, not shifting science, create uncertainty for investment and require thoughtful election-season climate discussion.
4/10/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
In July 2025, a skeptical panel report on greenhouse gas impacts is used to highlight U.S. climate policy instability and the need for more nuanced governance debate.
4/7/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
In 2026, UNSW Sydney researchers report that Australian climate disasters modestly affect voting and rooftop solar behavior but provide no findings related to heat pumps.
2/6/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Politico reports in January 2026 from Washington on U.S. Democrats evolving climate and energy-affordability messaging strategies ahead of congressional elections.
1/25/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Scientists associated with climate research discussed US climate discourse after Bill Gates challenged global warming risk framing, emphasizing urgent emissions cuts and local-benefit messaging in Hawaii and nationally.
7/2/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
University of Queensland researchers analyze a 6,000+ person survey across 13 countries on trust in climate change messengers and credibility cues.
4/29/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Jennifer Marlon links a climate worry gap to lagging extreme-heat concern while drought and wildfire risks rise in Gilliam County, Oregon.
6/23/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Researchers led by Kevin Tiede at the University of Erfurt reported in 2025 that surveys and experiments in Germany and the United States found peer-perception errors rarely changed climate behavior.
7/30/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Alec Turnbull recommended seven climate-related films in New York after the Climate Film Festival screened more than 100 films for thousands of viewers since its 2023 launch.
9/14/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Yale and George Mason climate communication programs report that 66% of U.S. adults support a complete clean energy transition by 2050 in the United States.
9/8/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
At a New York event marking the 20th anniversary of An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore warned that persistent fossil-fuel opposition could impede climate action despite clean-energy progress.
9/23/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Democratic candidates reduced climate messaging after Donald Trump won the 2024 election, as policy dissatisfaction and voter concerns shaped campaigns ahead of the 2026 midterms in the United States.
9/14/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Bill Frist, in U.S. climate advocacy, frames climate change and air pollution as public health risks to reach Republican audiences.
7/9/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Chris Bowen addressed UN climate talks in Bonn and proposed COP31-era electrification goals, while Australian climate politics and media narratives shaped domestic governance.
6/13/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
US researchers report shifting grant wording for climate work to avoid political and reviewer scrutiny, affecting USDA-funded research and NSF review outcomes.
3/27/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
USDA-linked researchers and university scientists describe avoiding climate terminology in grant proposals under the Trump administration, citing funding and political label risks.
3/27/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
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In the Czech Republic, a 1,477-person survey experiment links anthropogenic climate beliefs to support for admitting climate migrants and shows lowest support for climate change movers.
7/25/2026 • People & Justice • General
Scientists warn that generative AI can create or enhance wildlife photos, leading to undetected fake species records on iNaturalist and the Macaulay Library and weakening climate-related biodiversity monitoring.
7/20/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Meteorologists, climate scientists, and communicators discussed improving public-facing climate coverage during Climate Week at a Clinton Global Initiative workshop in New York City.
9/25/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Deborah Birx and Marc Morano dispute climate-change attribution for a cyclospora outbreak, emphasizing fecal and water contamination pathways.
7/24/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
On June 16, L'Osservatore Romano criticized UNICEF's 2026 children's climate risk claims using EM-DAT disaster data and disputed attribution to greenhouse gases.
6/30/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
University of Michigan researchers and collaborators found that perceived naturalness influenced public support for carbon removal and low-carbon energy technologies in a multi-institution study.
8/13/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
In the United States, surveys show high belief climate change is real, but misinformation and perceived disagreement about human causes hinder climate mitigation support.
4/16/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Concordia University roundtable convened researchers and local leaders to argue that climate action hinges on audience-specific messaging and local examples rather than more data.
4/1/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Climate Action Now raised $46,495 from 478 subscribers by September 18, 2026, to sustain its free climate newsletter and advocacy operations.
9/21/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
The AP-NORC/USAFacts poll found in July and August 2025 that roughly six in ten U.S. adults had low trust in federal environmental information amid Trump administration changes in Washington.
9/9/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
IKEA reported in 2026 that a 31-country survey found consumers increasingly adopting household climate actions, with financial savings and health benefits influencing further participation.
9/8/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
In 2026, a climate novelist living in Okinawa documented escalating hazards and used Canopy Japan LLC videos to promote public engagement with climate action in Japan.
9/6/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Climate Action Now launched a September 2026 fundraiser to finance its climate solutions newsletter, which reports globally and advocates for supportive policies.
9/1/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Researchers from Northern Michigan University and Slippery Rock University reported on August 6 that visitors at U.S. national parks and wildlife refuges expressed high climate concern but received little climate information.
8/26/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Researchers at Flensburg University reported in 2023 that climate skepticism increased among surveyed Germans, with political identity and institutional distrust emerging as major influences.
8/2/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Lois Parshley received the 2026 AMS Award for Distinguished Science Journalism, emphasizing frontline-centered climate reporting and misinformation countering.
7/21/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
A Spring 2026 online survey of 1,068 American adults found 68% believe global warming is happening and 58% think most scientists agree.
7/17/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Scientists and local residents in Philadelphia linked a second summer heat dome, EPA heat-wave estimates, and survey results from Nature with calls for intensified climate action.
7/15/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Five preregistered climate-domain experiments with 5,081 participants found underestimation of public support for climate action and limited donation effects after correcting perceptions.
7/7/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Colorado primary and congressional campaigns in a period of wildfire, drought, and Colorado River crisis addressed climate through energy and affordability themes rather than consistent climate terminology.
7/6/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Bjorn Lomborg told GB News at the Arc conference in London that UK climate policy contributes to high electricity prices, complicating heatwave adaptation.
7/1/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
U.S. broadcast coverage of deadly heat, floods, and wildfires is criticized for insufficient links to climate change and fossil fuel drivers.
6/28/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
U.S. primary election campaigns increasingly tied climate mitigation to affordability outcomes in housing, transit, and utility policy during 2024.
6/26/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
World Risk Poll Report 2026 shows Portugal and the United States lead a climate perception gap between personal concern and perceived peer concern.
6/23/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Pew Research Center surveyed 3,524 U.S. adults March 16-22, 2026 and found 48% attribute warming mostly to human activity.
6/3/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
China survey research in July 2024 links social media exposure to climate action intentions via perceived efficacy, with skepticism moderating risk perceptions.
5/29/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
G. Wong-Parodi summarizes research showing personal experience with climate impacts shapes climate perceptions and willingness to act, building on a 2011 paper.
5/19/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
At COP30, revision of global warming scenario ranges coincides with renewed attention to AMOC-driven European cooling risks discussed using 2025 research.
5/17/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Climate communication guidance suggests consensus alone may not motivate public action, emphasizing energy savings and decarbonization affordability.
5/16/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
A climate essay frames individual climate impact as social influence, citing voting, solar adoption, and protest participation as community-behavior spread mechanisms.
5/15/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Gallup reported March 2-18, 2026 polling showing high U.S. concern about global warming and majority human attribution, with strong partisan differences.
4/17/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Gallup survey March 2-18 finds 44% of U.S. adults with a great deal of concern about global warming, alongside partisan splits on media underestimation and human-caused warming.
4/14/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Heather Abel discusses how The Emilys connects tick-borne illness narratives to climate change, climate anxiety, and local flood, wildfire, and sea-level risks.
6/18/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Yale Climate Connections contributors recommended climate books in the United States and beyond, covering climate impacts, justice, politics, emotions, and emissions reduction.
9/3/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Yale Climate Connections journalists, meteorologists, and editors recommended climate books covering science, impacts, justice, politics, and responses across the United States and Pacific islands.
9/3/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
The AP-NORC and USA Facts survey found in the United States that public trust in federal climate information has declined amid Trump administration changes and an EPA scientific reversal.
9/9/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
University of California, Santa Barbara researchers found in national summer surveys that climate messaging did not polarize voters ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections.
8/2/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Data for Progress polling of U.S. likely voters reports rising attribution of worsening extreme weather to climate change and broad support for workplace heat protections.
7/23/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Gallup-linked polling and an 88,000-adult cross-national survey report U.S. Republican climate persuasion improves with pollution-and-cost framing amid Trump-era rollback actions.
6/18/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Sheldon Whitehouse argues in 2024 post-election commentary that Democrats should intensify climate messaging as polling shows voter concern and insurance-linked climate risk rises.
6/16/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse urges climate messaging linked to household costs as Democrats reassess communication ahead of U.S. midterm elections after 2024 swing-state losses.
6/8/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse challenged U.S. Democratic climate hushing ahead of midterm elections, citing affordability and polling studies.
6/8/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Al Gore says cleaner energy framing and public health co-benefits are central to climate action while calling for ending fossil-fuel subsidies and taxing carbon.
5/30/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Pew Research survey in the United States finds 48% of Americans attribute Earth warming to human activity and 68% report more frequent extreme weather events.
5/28/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Al Gore presented updated climate messaging in Nashville, Tennessee, emphasizing renewable affordability, health and economic concerns, and recent extreme weather impacts.
5/25/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
During Climate Week 2024 in New York City, Stacey Abrams discussed climate justice, electrification, democracy, and civic participation with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.
9/17/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
A climate discussion published in 2026 highlights conversations, collective action, and solar irrigation in Nigeria as pathways toward practical climate engagement.
8/30/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Climate-focused readers, Disney Imagineers, and Western communities are confronting climate accountability, clean technologies, and escalating environmental risks in California and across the American West.
8/18/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Thor Hogan argues that U.S. climate action lags because perceived near-term risk is low, despite emissions progress driven by market forces.
7/27/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Kalshi climate wagers and U.S. extreme-heat and wildfire events coincide with political and policy actions around emissions enforcement and energy transitions during the July 4 period.
7/7/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Climate campaigners are being urged to adopt direct, positive messages about clean energy, health, and energy security amid declining climate coverage.
6/19/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Naomi Oreskes discusses climate disinformation and US science-policy changes in 2025, citing selective climate information use and misinformation diffusion among elites.
6/13/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Ali Ahmadalipour argues that fear based climate communication tied to clicks and fundraising can increase anxiety and skepticism while reducing sustained engagement.
6/11/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Bill McKibben argues that climate communication and cultural demonstrations of heat pumps, solar, and EVs can expand political support in the clean-energy transition.
5/27/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Arman Azedi and collaborators recently reported in a national U.S. pre-print that climate-shock experiences correlate with civic engagement, with the strongest associations among political moderates.
8/29/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Anthropologist Susannah Crockford explains how Protestant motifs and media framing shape climate politics and limit fossil-fuel mitigation, based on fieldwork in Belgium, the US, the United Kingdom, and Nordic countries.
7/22/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
F. Szucs and P. Campa report that coal-mining layoffs in the United States increased belief in human-caused climate change in a 2025 survey analysis.
7/18/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Katharine Hayhoe discusses climate communication on the Two Steps Forward podcast, arguing that extreme-weather alarm without agency and values alignment reduces public and corporate action.
7/14/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Ned Mendez and Eva Morel say climate disinformation in Europe has shifted toward discrediting climate policy feasibility and fairness, amplified by generative AI.
7/10/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Gallup surveyed 143,000 people in 2025 across 140 countries for World Risk Poll IV, finding a 10-plus point decline since 2023 in very serious climate concern in eight high-income countries.
6/25/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Researchers used open-ended questions and resonance analysis to compare Beijing and Brussels university student views on climate action and government responsibility.
6/22/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Potential Energy Coalition and The Rockefeller Foundation released Fixing Climate Communications based on 2025 surveys across the United States, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Canada.
6/18/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Stanford and Cornell researchers reported modest survey effects from a tournament of climate messaging strategies, with scientific consensus framing most influential across Democrats and Republicans in Nature Climate Change.
6/3/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
A Pew Research Center survey of 3,524 U.S. adults conducted March 16-22 finds most respondents expect insufficient global climate action, with major partisan shifts in 2026.
6/2/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Pew Research Center surveyed 3,524 U.S. adults in March 2026 and found Democrats increasingly doubt the U.S. and other countries will avoid worst climate impacts.
5/28/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Pew Research Center surveyed 3,524 U.S. adults in mid-March 2026 and found large partisan gaps in beliefs about climate risks and readiness to address warming.
5/28/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Heartland Institute figures Jim Lakely and S.T. Karnick questioned voting eligibility as EPA chief Lee Zeldin praised repeal of the endangerment finding in Washington, D.C.
5/5/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
BAFTA albert and 12 UK and Ireland broadcasters signed a COP26 Climate Content Pledge to connect climate storytelling with sustainable production and public engagement.
4/15/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Democratic governors in New England and the Mid-Atlantic are cutting electricity bill charges and renewable subsidies, redirecting funds to rebates as affordability concerns intensify in the 2020s.
3/29/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
John Marshall discusses how climate entertainment in film, TV, and sports can influence public action on climate politics.
3/29/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Researchers in the US and Canada report that end-of-world beliefs shift perceived climate risk severity and willingness to support costly prevention policies.
3/24/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and climate communications experts discuss Democratic climate-hushing after the 2024 election and polling on whether climate messaging affects voter support in the USA.
6/16/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Rice University and Colby College researchers coded 474 New Yorker short stories from 2014 to 2023 and found climate change mentioned in 10.1 percent, with stable rates across the decade.
7/5/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Sunrise Movement executive director Aru Shiney-Ajay describes a late-2025 strategy shift tying climate legislation efforts to resistance against authoritarian governance and labor-centered organizing in Minnesota.
7/13/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
UNSW Sydney and Griffith University reported July 23 findings from the National Climate Action Survey in Australia showing personal climate-friendly choices do not reduce support for climate policies.
7/25/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Investigators reported UN agencies reduced climate change references in strategic plans after Donald Trump returned to the White House, amid US UN donor aid cuts.
7/10/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Analysis of congressional press releases reports Democrats reduced climate-change mentions after Trump returned, emphasizing energy affordability amid oil and Strait of Hormuz shipping disruptions.
6/24/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
UN Climate Change reported 135 registered media representatives for the Bonn climate negotiations, amid sparse on-site press attendance and broader global climate coverage declines.
6/11/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
An Australian Senate inquiry reported in 2020s that misinformation and disinformation on climate and energy are confusing communities and slowing renewable energy projects.
3/25/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Psychology Today links perceived government effectiveness to stronger climate engagement among more than 32,000 Americans, conditioned by media attribution of policy responsibility.
6/21/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Climate Defiance leadership described workplace reforms and compensation practices for its 12-person climate activism staff while organizing actions including opposition to Michigan's Line 5 pipeline.
9/8/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General