Channel: Hot Mess

Category: Education

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Description: PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: to.pbs.org/DonateMESS ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Peril & Promise is a public media initiative from WNET telling human stories of climate change and its solutions. Learn more at: pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise More Americans than ever believe climate change is happening. Two in three registered voters say they’re worried about it. Four in ten say it’s a “very important” factor in their vote in the 2020 presidential election. And 49% say that they’d be more likely to vote for a candidate who “Strongly Supports Taking Action to Reduce Global Warming” vs 16% who say they’d be less likely. But that popular support for action hasn’t been translated into actual bold steps to reduce America’s reliance on fossil fuels. And the greenhouse gases those fuels cause are a big reason that the planet is on course to exceed the 2 degrees of global warming scientists say would mean permanent, dangerous climate change. So why’s there this big discrepancy? Meet the biggest obstacle to US action on climate change: the Attitude-Behavior gap. Connect with us on: Twitter: twitter.com/HotMessPBS Instagram: instagram.com/hotmesspbs Facebook: facebook.com/hotmesspbs Hot Mess T-shirts!: store.dftba.com/products/hot-mess-shirt ----------- Host: Joe Hanson, Ph.D Writer: Eli Kintisch Creative Director: David Schulte Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Producer: Stephanie Noone Editor/Animator: Matt Donaldson, Sara Roma ----------- Produced by PBS Digital Studios Theme Music: Eric Friend/Optical Audio Music: APM