What do American people think about climate treaties?
Sovereignty axis · 🇺🇸 the United States · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
36% of American respondents take the position “The same limits on gases should be set for every country, rich or poor.”, against 42% for “Each country should set its own limits on the gases it gives off.”, with 22% choosing neither. n = 115, margin of error ±9.2, weighted to the United States's adult population.
Where the United States sits on sovereignty
What is measured about the United States on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Income per person
World Bank / ICP · 2025
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$76,931 |
among the highest in the world
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Urban population
UN World Urbanization Prospects · 2025
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80.2% |
somewhat above the middle
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Trade openness
World Bank national accounts · 2024
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25.0% |
among the lowest in the world
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on climate treaties
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Each country should set its own limits on the gases it gives off.
B · The same limits on gases should be set for every country, rich or poor.
World, unweighted: 52% A ·
20% neither ·
28% B · n = 3941
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36% B 🇺🇸 n=115 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- The united states public opinion on climate treaties
- Climate treaties poll the united states
- What do american people think about climate treaties
- What percentage of american people support climate treaties
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.