Increased support for prioritizing policies on the environment, climate change since 2011 should be a top priority for the president and % U.S. adults who say Congress
Compared with a decade ago, more Americans say protecting the environment and dealing with global climate change should be top priorities for the president and Congress. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults (64%) say protecting the environment should be a top priority for the president and Congress, while about half (52%) say the same about dealing with global climate change, according to a January 2020 survey. These shares have grown considerably since 2011.
Increased support for prioritizing policies on the  | environment, climate change since 2011  | should be a top priority for the president and  | % U.S. adults who say  | Congress  | 64  | 62  | Protecting the environment  | 56  | 052  | 41  | 49  | 38  | 46  | 44  | 34  | 29  | 30  | Dealing with global climate  | change*  | 2008  | 2010  | 2012  | 2014  | 2016  | 2018  | 2020  | *In 2014 and earlier, respondents were asked global about dealing with global il global warming. In 2015  | half the sample was asked about either global warming" or global climate change 34%  | called global climate change a top priority while 38% said this about a global warming.  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Jan. 8-13, 2020.  | "As Economic Concerns Recede, Environmental Protection Rises on the Public's Policy  | Agenda  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 