* Original question: "How confident are you that people like you,
working together, can affect… do about global warming?" - Figures include those who answered "a great deal", "a lot", or "a moderate amount".
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U.S. adults' view on community influence on institutions' climate policy 2016
This statistic shows the confidence among U.S. adults in their ability to collectively influence local and national decision makers to act on climate change as of December 2018. At this time, some ** percent of respondents stated they were confident about affecting local businesses in their communities.
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Center For Climate Change Communication, & Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. (December 20, 2018). Confidence on collective ability to influence climate change actions of institutions among U.S. adults as of December 2018* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/665305/opinion-on-collective-ability-to-influence-climate-change-policy/
Center For Climate Change Communication, und Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. "Confidence on collective ability to influence climate change actions of institutions among U.S. adults as of December 2018*." Chart. December 20, 2018. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /statistics/665305/opinion-on-collective-ability-to-influence-climate-change-policy/
Center For Climate Change Communication, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. (2018). Confidence on collective ability to influence climate change actions of institutions among U.S. adults as of December 2018*. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 31, 2026. /statistics/665305/opinion-on-collective-ability-to-influence-climate-change-policy/
Center For Climate Change Communication, and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. "Confidence on Collective Ability to Influence Climate Change Actions of Institutions among U.S. Adults as of December 2018*." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 20 Dec 2018, /statistics/665305/opinion-on-collective-ability-to-influence-climate-change-policy/
Center For Climate Change Communication & Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Confidence on collective ability to influence climate change actions of institutions among U.S. adults as of December 2018* ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/665305/opinion-on-collective-ability-to-influence-climate-change-policy/ (last visited July 31, 2026)
Confidence on collective ability to influence climate change actions of institutions among U.S. adults as of December 2018* [Graph], Center For Climate Change Communication, & Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, December 20, 2018. [Online]. Available: /statistics/665305/opinion-on-collective-ability-to-influence-climate-change-policy/
