Overview
- The newly released Climate Opinion Maps indicate 91% of adults say they have personally experienced global warming, while 38% do not agree humans are the main cause.
- Findings draw on more than 19,000 phone interviews from 2022 to 2025, modeled with multilevel regression and post‑stratification across 34 states and union territories and 634 districts.
- Majorities report past‑year exposure to severe heat waves (71%), agricultural pests and diseases (59%), electricity outages (59%), water pollution (53%), droughts and water shortages (52%), and severe air pollution (51%).
- Exposure varies sharply by state: Odisha, Rajasthan and Haryana report roughly 78–80% experiencing severe heat, compared with 55% in Kerala and 52% in Tamil Nadu; Odisha also reports 64% facing severe cyclones and more than two‑thirds facing droughts and water shortages.
- In Maharashtra, 87% say they have experienced global warming yet only 55% think it is mostly human‑caused, while in Mumbai 97% say global warming is happening, set against 322 days of extreme weather recorded nationwide in 2024.