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Anthony Leiserowitz

Senior Research Scientist at the School of the Environment

Biography

Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D. is the founder and Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and a Senior Research Scientist at the Yale School of the Environment. He is an expert on public climate change and environmental beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences, and behavior, and the psychological, cultural, and political factors that shape them. He conducts research at the global, national, and local scales, including many surveys of the American public. He conducted the first global study of public values, attitudes, and behaviors regarding sustainable development and has published more than 200 scientific articles, chapters, and reports. He has served as a contributing author, panel member, advisor or consultant to diverse organizations including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (AR6 Report), the National Academy of Sciences (America’s Climate Choices Report), the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, the Harvard Kennedy School, the United Nations Development Program, the Gallup World Poll, and the World Economic Forum, among others. He is a recipient of the Friend of the Planet Award from the National Center for Science Education, the Mitofsky Innovator Award from the American Association of Public Opinion Research, and the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication from Climate One. He is also the host of Climate Connections, a radio program broadcast each day on more than 680 stations and frequencies nationwide. Twitter: @ecotone2

Activities

  • Climate Change in the Irish Mind
    Dublin, D, Ireland 2021
    Climate Change in the Irish Mind
  • Climate Change in the Brazilian Mind
    Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 2020
    Climate Change in the Brazilian Mind
  • Climate Change in the Indonesian Mind
    Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia 2020
    Climate Change in the Indonesian Mind
  • Climate Change in the Canadian Mind
    Ottawa, ON, Canada 2019
    Climate Change in the Canadian Mind
  • Climate Change Communication: Research and Practice
    China; United States 2013
    The conference aims to convene and help catalyze the international community of climate change communication scholars and practitioners. This new field is growing rapidly around the world, as scientists, governments, the media, companies, and NGOs recognize the vital importance of effective communication about climate change. Globally, the field has achieved a critical mass and it is time to gather many of the world’s leading climate change communication experts together to share their
  • Public Climate Change Awareness and Climate Change Communication in China
    China 2011
    In July and August of 2012, the China Center for Climate Change Communication conducted a national telephone survey of 4,169 Chinese adults, using a combined urban and rural sample. The fieldwork was conducted by the Statistics School of Renmin University and the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication provided academic guidance. The study investigated the current state of public climate change awareness, beliefs, attitudes, policy support, and environmental behaviors. URL: http://environm
  • Climate Change in the Indian Mind
    India (2010-2013)
    A national survey during November and December of 2011 was conducted of 4,031 Indian Adults, using combined urban and rural sample. The study was designed to investigate the current state of public climate change awareness, beliefs, attitudes, policy support, and behaviors, as well as public observations of changes in local weather and climate patterns and self-reported vulnerability to extreme weather events. URL: http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/article/climate-change-indian-m

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