Americans Don't Believe Adaptation or Geo-engineering Will Work

In a new paper based on a random survey, Brookings Institute Fellows "Christopher Borick and Barry Rabe summarize America's attitude towards using geoengineering solutions as a means to combat global warming. Highlights from their findings include:

• High levels of doubt among U.S. residents about the ability of society to adapt to a hotter climate and deep concerns about the safety and effectiveness of geoengineering options.
• Two out of every three Americans said that they do not agree that we should shift attention away from trying to stop global warming and instead focus on adaptation.
• Most Americans also reject the notion that adaptation to global warming will be relatively easy for humanity to achieve.
• A solid majority of Americans do not believe that scientists will be able to find ways to alter the climate to limit problems caused by global warming."

(Brooking's post - read the paper)