Survey: Climate Change Resonates With Millennials, Gen Z

By Meha Ahmad
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The suns sets as an iceberg floats in the Nuup Kangerlua Fjord near Nuuk in southwestern Greenland on Aug. 1, 2017. Greenland's glaciers have been melting and retreating at an accelerated pace in recent years due to warmer temperatures. If all of that ice melts, sea levels will rise by several meters, though there will be regional differences. David Goldman / Associated Press
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The suns sets as an iceberg floats in the Nuup Kangerlua Fjord near Nuuk in southwestern Greenland on Aug. 1, 2017. Greenland's glaciers have been melting and retreating at an accelerated pace in recent years due to warmer temperatures. If all of that ice melts, sea levels will rise by several meters, though there will be regional differences. David Goldman / Associated Press

Survey: Climate Change Resonates With Millennials, Gen Z

By Meha Ahmad
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A majority of young people in America are increasingly concerned about climate change, according to a new survey released from the University of Chicago’s GenForward Project.

GenForward is a national bi-monthly survey of racially diverse young adults, 18 to 36 years old, on a range of topics, to look at how race and ethnicity play a role in how respondents think about and view the the environments around them.

Morning Shift digs into the survey’s latest findings.

GUEST: Cathy Cohen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago

LEARN MORE: Climate Change Toplines (GenFoward Survey)