Where climate
agreement
still holds
Overview
Adults broadly support nature-based climate solutions, while support is more divided for a renewable-electricity requirement.
Roughly 83% support planting trees and restoring wetlands to absorb carbon emissions. About 51% support requiring utilities to produce all electricity from renewable sources by 2050.
Stacked breakdown
83% support nature-based climate solutions.
Nature-based solutions?
- Strongly support
- 52.7%
- Somewhat support
- 30.3%
- Neither support nor oppose
- 14.1%
- Somewhat oppose
- 1.2%
- Strongly oppose
- 1.7%
Module 3: Elections, Civic Life, & the Environment
View source dataNature-based climate solutions draw broad support
About 83% of adults support nature-based solutions such as planting more trees and restoring wetlands to absorb carbon emissions.
This includes 53% who strongly support these solutions and 30% who somewhat support them. Roughly 3% oppose them.
Climate concern is present in the background
Climate is personally important to many adults. Roughly 75% say climate change is at least somewhat important to them, including 49% who say it is extremely or very important.
Worry is also common. About 64% say they are very or somewhat worried about climate change, while 36% say they are not very worried or not at all worried.
Topline
51% support a 100% renewable-electricity requirement by 2050.
Your state requiring electric utilities in the state to produce 100% of their electricity from renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar) by 2050?
- Strongly support 26.0%
- Neither oppose nor support 25.1%
- Somewhat support 24.8%
- Strongly oppose 14.3%
- Somewhat oppose 9.8%
Module 3: Elections, Civic Life, & the Environment
View source dataSupport is narrower for a renewable-electricity requirement
Support is more divided when the policy asks utilities to produce all electricity from renewable sources by 2050.
About 51% support that requirement, including 26% who strongly support it and 25% who somewhat support it. Roughly 24% oppose it, and 25% neither support nor oppose it.
Methodology
Full methodology- Mode
- Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population
- US adults age 18+
- Field dates
- 2026-03-06 → 2026-03-16
- Base (unweighted)
- 1,000
- Margin of error
- +/- 3.5%
- Module
- Module 3: Elections, Civic Life, & the Environment
- Sponsor
- Verasight
- Weight variable
- weight
- Weighting targets
- age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status
Sources
[4]- 01How much do you support or oppose nature-based solutions?This is the clearest consensus signal in the climate section. Nature-based solutions draw broad support across partisan groups.reports.verasight.io/reports/omnibus-2026-044
- 02How important is the issue of climate change to you personally?Shows climate still carries real personal importance for a large share of the public.reports.verasight.io/reports/omnibus-2026-044
- 03How worried are you about climate change?Adds the emotional backdrop. Climate concern is still widespread enough to sustain support for visible solutions.reports.verasight.io/reports/omnibus-2026-044
- 04How much do you support or oppose your state requiring electric utilities in the state to produce 100% of their electricity from renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar) by 2050?Provides contrast. Support becomes more mixed when the climate solution is framed as a harder policy mandate rather than a nature-based fix.reports.verasight.io/reports/omnibus-2026-044
Citation
Verasight Client Omnibus Survey #2026-044, fielded March 6-16, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.5%.
https://reports.verasight.io/reports/omnibus-2026-044#q-3-15