What the data says about Americans' views on climate change

A recent report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stressed the need for international measures to prevent increasingly severe climate impacts in the coming years. The steps outlined in the report and by climate experts include significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions from sectors such as energy production and transportation. But how do Americans feel about climate change, and what steps do they think the United States should take to address it? Here are eight charts that illustrate Americans' views on the issue, based on recent Pew Research Center surveys. A majority of Americans support the US becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Nearly seven in ten Americans (69%) favor the U.S. taking steps to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, a goal outlined by President Joe Biden early in his administration. The same share of Americans (69%) say the U.S. should prioritize developing renewable energy sources like wind and solar over expanding oil, coal and natural gas production. Carbon neutrality means not releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than it removes.

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