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Section size for Public opinion on climate change (34 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	6,428	6,428
Public surveys	7,122	19,111
Results from climate survey of European Investment Bank in 2021	6,101	6,101
Older surveys (prior to 2013)	5,888	5,888
Influences on individual opinion	39	69,167
Geographic region	7,305	7,305
Education	2,930	2,930
Demographics	6,236	6,236
Age differences	2,516	2,516
Political identification	12,151	12,151
Individual risk assessment and assignment	4,609	4,609
Ideology and religion	6,473	6,473
Income	811	811
Economic Factors	501	501
Visibility	8,855	8,855
Social media	3,452	3,452
Voicing believed wrongdoings	946	946
Understanding of scientific consensus	5,990	5,990
Media coverage	6,353	6,353
Impacts of public opinion on politics	5,303	5,303
By region and country	4,821	39,508
Global North compared to Global South	3,598	3,598
Africa	2,626	2,626
Latin America	1,717	1,717
Europe	6,890	6,890
Asia/Pacific	2,273	6,594
India	4,247	4,247
Pakistan	74	74
Middle East	1,563	1,563
North America	2,289	11,699
United States	9,410	9,410
References	28	28
Further reading	447	447
External links	1,039	1,039
Total	141,031	141,031

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I will add information to the "Influences on individual opinion" section[edit]

I am planning on adding additional information to the "demographics", "education" and "ideology subsections". I will also add subsections for "income", "consensus messages from scientists", "economic factors", "personal witnessing", "social media" and "speak up against believed wrongdoings". In demographics I will add information such as women what policies women would be more likely to support, I will add that men are less likely to see that climate change is human caused, that men and women are both less likely to support environmental issues if the economy is bad. I will also add that older residents in western states are likely to support building of powerplants. --Sherlyn.balbin (talk) 19:46, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Sherlyn.balbin: For everyone's sake, be sure to provide a reliable source for each item of content that you submit. Please submit each item in a separate edit, and provide a specific edit comment. No huge additions all at once. Good luck! —RCraig09 (talk) 20:29, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on first sentence of the lead[edit]

The first sentences of the lead used to be until yesterday: Public opinion on climate change is the aggregate of attitudes or beliefs held by a population concerning issues relating to "anthropogenic climate change, perceptions of climate change risks, concern about its seriousness, and thoughts on what, if anything, should be done to address it."^[1] It was probably not the best first sentence but I think it could contain some information that is worth keeping, maybe later in the lead or in a section on "definition"? EMsmile (talk) 10:00, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Shwom, Rachael; McCright, Aaron; Brechin, Steven; Dunlap, Riley; Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra; Hamilton, Lawrence (2015). Dunlap, Riley; Brulle, Robert (eds.). "Public opinion on climate change". Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives: 269–299. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199356102.003.0009. ISBN 978-0-19-935611-9.

EMsmile (talk) 10:00, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Shwom, Rachael; McCright, Aaron; Brechin, Steven; Dunlap, Riley; Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra; Hamilton, Lawrence (2015). Dunlap, Riley; Brulle, Robert (eds.). "Public opinion on climate change". Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives: 269–299. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199356102.003.0009. ISBN 978-0-19-935611-9.

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