Resource Type: Research & Articles

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including new national and swing state polling on the IRA’s tax credits and offshore drilling + new research on the terminology of climate change + new polling in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and South Carolina.

The Analyst Institute’s Get-out-the-Vote (GOTV) training offered a comprehensive overview of the most recent evidence to support your program decision-making, including on messaging, mode (and layering modes!), timing, and volume, along with tips for navigating a changing vote-by-mail landscape. The Lab also provided GOTV guidance specific for climate advocates.

The Climate Advocacy Lab (The Lab) team first connected with NY Renews around a shared desire to document lessons learned from the recent campaign to pass the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) in 2019. This partnership has evolved through our collective efforts in building a multi-race cross-class movement in New York State to ensure a just and equitable climate future.

Stick with familiar terms when messaging about climate change. Overall, this research found that “climate change” and “global warming” were rated as most familiar and most concerning, and “climate justice” the least, with ratings for “climate crisis” and “climate emergency” falling in between. Moreover, this research finds no evidence for “climate crisis” or “climate emergency” eliciting more perceived urgency than “climate change” or “global warming.” Rated willingness to support climate-friendly policies and eat less red meat were less affected by presented terms, but they were lowest for “climate justice.” Although effects of terms on rated familiarity, concern, and perceived urgency varied by political leaning, “climate justice” generally received the lowest ratings on these variables among Democrats, Republicans, and Independent/others. Further analyses found that when terms were unfamiliar, participants were generally less likely to express concern, urgency, policy support, or willingness to eat less red meat.

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including new polling on climate and clean energy issues in the presidential race, extreme weather, nuclear energy, and PFAS.