For Republicans, belief in global warming per se is less of a sticking point (most think it's happening, including 47% of conservative Republicans), whereas accepting that it's human caused remains less common (only 30% of conservative Republicans). This report provides an analysis of public opinion data about the views of Democratic, Independent, and Republican voters registered on global warming, climate and energy policies, and personal collective action. Results show that the majority of registered voters believe that global warming is real (75%) and caused by human action (61%).

The MacArthur Foundation’s Climate Solutions program has invested over $260 million dollars since 2014 to ensure their goal that global temperature rise stays well below 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels. The working of theory of change, promoted by the program, is that the United States, India, and China must lead the world's effort to address climate change. This report provides details of an evaluation that measured the contribution of the Climate Solutions program, including the overall strategy, to the Foundation’s goal. The evaluation found that the Foundation’s work in the U.S. and India has had a positive effect within the broad ecosystem of climate actors. In the U.S., the Foundation and its grantees have contributed to a reduction in energy emissions, most notably from coal. In India, grantees helped strengthen institutional capacity among government agencies and partners within the private sector. The evaluation also uncovered several challenges that might impact progress towards desired goals. In the U.S., the growing gap between the left and the right poses a challenge to grantees who wish to broaden the base of climate advocates. In India, challenges facing renewable energy production become more pronounced.

The volume of climate change coverage on the corporate broadcast nightly and Sunday morning news shows increased 68% from 2018 to 2019.

Getting our volunteers, campaign targets and communities to take meaningful action can be difficult. Check out these tips from the social sciences that may make the difference between action and apathy, along with examples for how these insights can get integrated into your plans or messaging. Here's one example – open up the tip sheet to see more!

Tip #1: Efficacy is essential.

The Climate Advocacy Lab has become the center of gravity for data, research, and sharing what works (and doesn't) in climate and clean energy advocacy and campaigning in the US.

Many media reports have described recent climate impacts as "the new normal." And while climate scientists have pushed back, arguing that the future will grow gradually worse, and that suggesting current conditions will continue at current levels could lead to complacency, this article argues otherwise.

While nonprofit groups' email lists expanded by 11% in 2017 (and by 13% on Facebook, 15% on Twitter and 44% on Instagram), open rates and response rates for advocacy emails shrank by 1% and 2.2% respectively. Visits to nonprofit groups' websites via mobile devices rose 9% in 2017, and accounted for 40% of the overall visits to those sites.

"The Five Cs" for successful collaborations, which are key to addressing the complex social and environmental challenges we're up against, include: 1) clarifying purpose, 2) convening the right people, 3) cultivating trust, 4) coordinating existing activities, and 5) collaborating for systems impact.  These process points are remarkably consistent across collaborations, even if the focus and activities of collaborations differ.

Most Americans believe in and are worried about climate change, but not enough to overcome the political polarization that surrounds climate change in American society. That's the core conclusion of this piece which draws on public opinion information from a number of recent polls. 

More Americans (19%) are "very worried" about global warming than at any point in the last eight years, according to the latest survey (November 2016, post-election) in this series of national surveys. Other key findings include that a majority of Americans (61%) are "very" or "somewhat" worried about global warming, and that 76% of Americans think that schools should teach children about the causes, consequences and potential solutions to global warming.