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India Climate Opinion Maps

Provided by: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication |Published on: December 12, 2025

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Synopsis

This interactive map and list of answered survey questions about climate change and environmental conditions shows students what people in India believe, know, are concerned about, or have experienced.
Students will be able to select different questions to see how people responded in different regions of India, look at the data for each question, and click thorugh the tabs at the top to read about the questions, methodology, download the data, or see the FAQs.

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Subjects: Civics, Geography

Authors: Jennifer Marlon, Anthony Leiserowitz, Jagadish Thaker, Emily Goddard, Seth Rosenthal, Jennifer Carman, Martial Jefferson, Arunima Sircar, Liz Neyens, Naga Raghuveer Modala and Swetha Kolluri

Region: Asia

Languages: English

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Positives

The map interface is easy to work with.
Students will benefit from having so many visual and textual entry points for accessing and understanding this data.

Prerequisites

Students should already be somewhat familiar with India.
Students should also be familiar with climate change.

Differentiation & Implementation

In pairs, students can focus on one of the questions to analyze on the map, and report their findings to the rest of the class.
Students can compare these climate opinion maps with those from Ireland and the UK,
If students will be exploring the maps independently, teachers may want to give them a demo for isolating states, toggling between states and districts, and changing the map.
Teachers can have students practice manipulating the map by having them answer a variety of different questions, such as, "What percentage of adults in Assam believe global warming is affecting severe storms?" and "What percentage of adults in India support a national program to teach all Indians about global warming?"

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About the Partner Provider

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication conducts scientific research on public opinion and behavior. They also engage the public in climate change science and solutions, in partnerships with governments, media, companies, and civil society.

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