According to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll released Monday, the percentage of Americans who are very concerned about how climate change will affect their lives has fallen since 2019.
Two women are fighting the heat in Spain.
34% of US adults are very concerned about how climate change will affect them personally, down 9% from August 2019.
The percentage of Americans who are not very concerned about the impacts of climate change on their lives has gone up over the last four years.
About two-thirds of Americans think the federal government, developed countries around the world and corporations should take action to combat climate change.
Two days after the House passed the Inflation Reduction Act, the poll was released.
On the same day as the poll was released, the First Street Foundation released a report suggesting that over 100 million Americans could live in an extreme heat belt. A lot of people in middle America could experience heat index temperatures above 125 degrees. The number of days with a heat index of 103 degrees could increase from seven to 34 in 30 years, according to the nonprofit.
According to recent U.S. data, the number of Americans searching the internet for information on extreme weather events has peaked this year. Over the past five years, searches of the phrase "heat wave" have gone up every summer with the exception of 2020.
Extreme weather events have plagued the United States and many other countries this summer, including in Europe, where nations have experienced floods and heat waves. The UN wants countries to act now or never to curb carbon emissions. The inflation reduction act was passed by congress last week. Democrats used the budget reconciliation process to get around the 60-vote threshold needed to close debate. A scaled-back version of the Biden administration's original climate proposals, but still includes $369 billion in spending on climate and energy programs to help the country cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The AP-NORC poll found that many people in the US don't know their impact on climate.
By 2053, the U.S. could have a new extreme heat belt.
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