ecoAmerica conducts world-class research to understand which Americans are ready to move on climate, how, and how to speak with them in ways that motivate action. We offer psychographic and values-based research, topical research on trends and to consolidate social science into guidance, communications research, and tested messaging guidance for effective climate conversations. We offer these findings in guides that can be directly applied in the real world, helping leaders connect with people and inspire them to act.
This guide chronicles the impacts of climate change on Americans’ health and psychological well-being, including increases in stress and anxiety, loss of community identity, heightened aggression and violence, and many others. It builds from our 2014 Beyond Storms and Droughts research, and is intended to further inform and empower health and medical professionals, community and elected leaders, and the public.
Blessed Tomorrow Moving Forward: A Guide to Climate Action For Your Congregation and Community provides you with information and resources to reduce energy use, to build resilient houses of worship as refuges from a changing climate, and to encourage support for policies that better care for creation. También disponible en español.
Trends and developments of Americans’ climate perspectives in 2020.
How Faith Communities Lead Social Movements: Lessons for Climate Advocacy from the Immigration, Black Lives Matter, and President Trump Election Campaigns
New Poll Shows Democrats, Independents and Republicans Aligned in Support for Key Policies of Green New Deal and other Climate Solutions
Trends and developments of Americans’ climate perspectives in 2019.
Guidance for the Climate Movement from our most recent American Climate Metrics Survey (2018).
Climate talking points are designed to help you have meaningful and effective conversations about climate! We will choose a theme, provide a few positive talking points, and give some responses to key criticisms. All of this guidance is grounded in ecoAmerica’s extensive research.
A snapshot of Americans’ climate perspectives throughout 2018.
Our mid-year summary synthesizes key data points and trends from our most recent research. Find out what conclusions we’ve drawn so far this year from learning about people’s opinions and attitudes about climate, as well as the perceived benefits and solutions.
Recent polling from Spring 2018 that reveals the climate opinions, values, and awareness of New Yorkers.
Recent polling from Fall 2018 that reveals the climate opinions, values, and awareness of the population of Southwest Florida.
A snapshot of Americans’ climate perspectives throughout 2017.
The most recent polling from our annual American Climate Metrics Survey that uncovers trends on American climate awareness, values, and solutions, as well as shifts since 2015.
Our most recent polling of Los Angelenos reveals trends and shifts in climate attitudes and behavior since 2015. See how the results compare to broader climate values across America.
Our recent survey of Salt Lake City residents uncovers the evolving trends, attitudes, and behavior towards climate change and solutions since 2015. Find out how the results compare to broader national climate values.
Our national climate survey collected data from a broad range of Americans to analyze beliefs and opinions about climate change and climate solutions.
We surveyed residents of Chicago to learn about their beliefs and values about climate change and solutions. Take a look at the results and see how they compare to other major cities.
We surveyed residents of Salt Lake City to better understand their perspectives on climate change. Take a look at how the results compare to Americans’ broader climate values.
We surveyed Los Angelenos to determine their climate beliefs and values – and compared those results to Americans’ broader climate values. The results may surprise you!
Moving Forward: A Guide to Building Momentum on Climate Solutions in Your Community, a Path to Positive Communities guide, is geared toward civic leaders in communities who want to lead on climate and sustainability and seek the resources to act, including guidance on how to best engage residents by using clear, positive, inclusive and relevant messages.
This guide chronicles the impacts of climate change on Americans’ health and psychological well-being, including increases in stress and anxiety, loss of community identity, heightened aggression and violence, and many others. It builds from our 2014 Beyond Storms and Droughts research, and is intended to further inform and empower health and medical professionals, community and elected leaders, and the public.
Hear from local community, health, and faith leaders across the U.S. who are successfully engaging their constituents in programs and initiatives that promote climate leadership, action, and solutions. Each success story offers useful guidance and key recommendations to help you take the first steps towards leading on climate.
This guide is an update to our original Communicating on Climate: 13 Steps and Guiding Principles. Drawn from the latest research and real-life experience, it outlines a specific, easy-to-follow process for crafting and delivering successful climate change messages.
Designed to engage Americans across political and demographic groups on climate solutions, this guide builds on ecoAmerica’s previous messaging research. Includes general messages that increase personal relevance and motivation, tips for application, and thematic language on faith, health, communities, higher education, and business.
Featuring talking points, do’s and don’ts, and a sample speech, this guide equips local leaders with the tools to effectively engage their residents and stakeholders on climate solutions.
Discover research-tested, values-based messaging that’s proven to resonate with people of faith, along with tips on how to deepen engagement and position climate action as a moral imperative.
Learn how to create messaging that truly resonates with health care audiences. This guide helps health professionals connect the dots between climate and health, and engage productively and effectively with patients and peers.
This report dives deeper into the results of American Climate Values 2014: Psychographic and Demographic Insights to understand the climate attitudes of Americans who describe their faith as an important or the most important part of their lives.
This supplementary report focuses on the results of American Climate Values 2014: Psychographic and Demographic Insights to understand the climate attitudes of Americans who identify strongly with the healthcare sector and greater health community.
The American Climate Values (ACV) survey builds longitudinally on the results of ecoAmerica’s AEVS (2006), ACVS (2008), and ACEVS (2011), with renewed focus on the visible and local impacts of climate change, local and national solutions on climate, and narratives, asks, and messengers that motivate personal and public policy action. This research is an ecoAmerica project in collaboration with Strategic Business Insights (SBI).
This reports builds upon the results of our ACV14 report by uncovering the common and distinct climate change viewpoints, values, and beliefs of African, Asian, and Hispanic/Latino Americans vs. national averages and each other. This research is an ecoAmerica project in collaboration with Strategic Business Insights (SBI).
A new version of this report will be released in early 2017. If you’d like to receive the new report when it becomes available, please sign up here.
This report explores the likely psychological impacts of climate change, from stress, anxiety, and depression to increases in violence and aggression and loss of community identity. This research is a joint project between ecoAmerica and the American Psychological Association.
This report, a collaboration between ecoAmerica and Health and Environmental Funders Network, is designed to introduce grantmakers to issues and opportunities that lie at the intersection of climate change and health.
A joint project between the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) at the Earth Institute, Columbia University and ecoAmerica, this guide includes research from a range of social science fields, including psychology, anthropology, and behavioral economics, and is designed to be useful for experienced and novice communicators alike.