The Low Risk Places Where Climate Fear Runs Rampant

The Low Risk Places Where Climate Fear Runs Rampant

Key Points In the last decade, the percentage of adults who are worried about climate change rose from 56.1% in 2016 to 63.3% in 2024. New data from Yale University shows that the Americans most worried about climate change are the ones most insulated from its effects. Of the 50 counties with the largest shares of adults worried about global warming, 30 rank in the bottom two quintiles for expected annual loss rates due to natural hazard, a m…