Global Climate Opinion Mapping

Mapping climate attitudes for the entire world

Communities around the world face serious climate-related threats, but we still don’t know how people think about climate change on a global scale. Data is particularly sparse at subnational levels and for communities in the Global South. To fill these gaps, we are developing the world’s first global maps of climate opinion and concern. These maps track attitudes and perspectives on climate change in over 140 countries around the world, and in over 2,000 subnational regions. 

We expect to launch these maps in early 2025 and are coordinating a global media push to broadcast our findings. We will publish annual updates for the next decade, allowing the global public to easily visualize shifts in climate opinion over time. We are also working with partners in target countries to produce granular, country-level opinion data to support local policymaking.

To learn more about this project, reach out to: Christin Palmstrom, cpalmstrom@iee.ucsb.edu