Strong public support for a range of policies to limit carbon output, reduce the effects of climate change % ofU.S. adults who each of the.following proposals to reduce the effects ofglobal climate change
Majorities of U.S. adults favor each of the five proposals to reduce the effects of climate change included in the survey. The most popular, favored by 90% of Americans, is to plant about a trillion trees to absorb carbon emissions. President Trump announced in this year’s State of the Union that the U.S. would join the World Economic Forum’s One Trillion Trees Initiative.
Strong public support for a range of policies to limit  | carbon output, reduce the effects of climate change  | % ofU.S. adults who  | each of the.following proposals to reduce the  | effects ofglobal climate change  | Oppose  | Favor  | Planting about a trillion trees  | 9  | 90  | to absorb carbon emissions  | Providing a tax credit to businesses for  | 15  | 84  | developing carbon capture/storage  | Tougher restrictions on power  | 19  | 80  | plant carbon emissions  | Taxing corporations based  | 25  | 73  | on their carbon emissions  | Tougher fuel efficiency  | 28  | 71  | standards for cars  | Note: Respondents who did not give an answer are not shown.  | Source: Survey conducted April 29-May 5, 2020.  | "Two -Thirds of Americans Think Government Should Do More on Climate"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 