International Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2022
Provided by: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication |Published on: January 9, 2023
Scientific Reports Grades 9-12, ap-college
Synopsis
This 26-page report summarizes the findings of a global study investigating people's attitudes, perceptions, behavior, and knowledge about climate change topics.
The report details the study, methods, and results of the social media survey.
The report is straightforward in presenting findings and conclusions, making it a great introduction to scientific writing, research design, and conducting surveys.
Each finding presented is followed by a chart with the data collected from each country.
Additional Prerequisites
The more detailed findings are presented after page 5.
Students should know how to read bar charts and understand proportions.
Differentiation
Before reading the report, ask students, "What do you think people's perceptions and attitudes toward climate change and climate policy are?" or "How would you go about determining this if you were a researcher?"
This report can also be used in math, science, and statistics classes during lessons about sampling, sample sizes, data collection, normal distributions, graphing data, and data analysis.
In more advanced classes, students can design their own study, surveying their friends and family to answer similar questions to those presented in the report.
As an extension, have students conduct their own analysis of the data as a whole instead of by country and then draw their own conclusions from the data.
Use this dashboard for a more interactive look at the public perception of climate change.
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About the Partner Provider
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication conducts scientific research on public opinion and behavior. They also engage the public in climate change science and solutions, in partnerships with governments, media, companies, and civil society.
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