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Trends in Public Opinion
Peter Wilshusen, Environmental Studies
Tipping Points
With respect to global warming/climate change, are we seeing a shift in public opinion?
Awareness of the Issue
Source: Nisbet, M. and T. Myers. (2007). Twenty Years of Public Opinion About Global Warming. Public Opinion Quarterly 71(3):444-470.
Understanding of the Causes
Source: Nisbet, M. and T. Myers. (2007). Twenty Years of Public Opinion About Global Warming. Public Opinion Quarterly 71(3):444-470.
Concern About Impacts
Source: Nisbet, M. and T. Myers. (2007). Twenty Years of Public Opinion About Global Warming. Public Opinion Quarterly 71(3):444-470.
Immediacy
Concern About Impacts
Source: Nisbet, M. and T. Myers. (2007). Twenty Years of Public Opinion About Global Warming. Public Opinion Quarterly 71(3):444-470.
Threat
Support for Policy Action
Source: Nisbet, M. and T. Myers. (2007). Twenty Years of Public Opinion About Global Warming. Public Opinion Quarterly 71(3):444-470.
Support for Policy Action
Source: Nisbet, M. and T. Myers. (2007). Twenty Years of Public Opinion About Global Warming. Public Opinion Quarterly 71(3):444-470.
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