Younger Americans – Millennials and adults in Generation Z – stand out in a new Pew Research Center survey particularly for their high levels of engagement with the issue of climate change. Younger activists are often at the forefront of the climate debate, with voices such as those of Greta Thunberg and the Sunrise Movement – a youth-led political organization urging increased attention to climate change – among the most visible in global conversations advocating climate action. And divisions over renewable energy and stricter environmental regulations are wider today than they were under Donald Trump’s administration, due to increased opposition among Republicans.īut meaningful generational differences over the need for climate action, and engagement with the issue, stand alongside these partisan divisions. Partisan gaps in views of climate change remain vast – from the salience of the issue to the role for government addressing it. And the public is closely divided over the idea of phasing out the production of gas-powered vehicles by 2035. There is limited support for phasing out the use of fossil fuels altogether. Still, most Americans favor using a mix of energy sources to meet the country’s needs – including renewables as well as oil, coal and natural gas. to “net-zero” by 2050.Įven as Americans identify a number of pressing national problems, majorities see an array of actors, from government to business, as doing too little to reduce the effects of climate change and are broadly supportive of a range of policy approaches that would help address climate change, including moving toward renewable energy sources, developing infrastructure for electric vehicles, and increasing taxes and restrictions on carbon emissions. In recent months, the United States has rejoined the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency has moved to sharply restrict greenhouse gas emissions, and Biden has outlined a range of policy goals, including getting the U.S. In the first year of Joe Biden’s presidential term, climate, energy and environmental policy have been the subject of renewed federal attention.
Here are the questions used for this report, along with responses, and its methodology. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. Respondents on both panels are recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. A total of 912 Generation Z adults, born after 1996, were included in the sample.
The survey was conducted on Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP) and included an oversample of adults ages 18 to 24 from the Ipsos Knowledge Panel. Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans view climate, energy and environmental issues.
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