Despite differing over the impacts of climate change, Democrats and Republicans are in agreement on one thing: They don’t place much trust in governments to tackle the issue. 63% of Democrats and 59% of Republicans say they have “little” or “no trust” in governments to combat climate change.

Adults register less doubt about businesses, with 52% of Democrats and 41% of Republicans holding little or no trust in a corporate response to climate change. The political divide between respondents is more apparent over whether climate change will have any impact on businesses, with 40% of Republicans saying climate change will not impact businesses’ ability to grow, compared to 11% of Democrats who said the same.

Overall, a plurality of adults (22%) say that governments are most responsible for combating climate change, closely followed by individuals (20%). 25% said they didn’t know or had no opinion, and 10% selected businesses as most responsible to address climate change. Opinions over who holds the primary responsibility to address climate change vary by party affiliation, with 24% of Republicans and 23% of independents saying individual people are most responsible to address climate change, compared to 14% of Democrats. 

Only adults (44%) think that tackling global warming, rising seas and more extreme weather is ultimately a net positive for the economy, according to the poll. A majority of Democrats (55%) think it benefits the economy, compared to 44 percent of independents and 31 percent of Republicans.