Climate Change

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From a Shorter Winter Season to More Storm Damage: New Hampshire Outdoor Recreation Providers Feel Climate Impacts Far More than Visitors
In this brief, the authors examine to what extent outdoor recreation providers and visitors in New Hampshire are impacted by annual climatic conditions representative of long-term trends, specifically, through the 2024–2028 New Hampshire Statewide Comprehensive…
New Hampshire Climate Change, Economy, Environment, New Hampshire, Public Opinion
Conspiracy vs. Science: A Survey of U.S. Public Beliefs
In this brief, author Lawrence Hamilton reports the results of a nationwide U.S. survey that asked respondents whether they agreed, disagreed, or were unsure about a series of statements that mixed pseudo-science con­spiracy claims with well-established scientific…
Climate Change, COVID-19, Public Opinion
Bringing Solar Energy to Low- and Moderate-Income Communities
The U.S. solar photovoltaics industry has taken off over the past decade, but without deliberate action low- and moderate-income communities could be left behind.
Center for Impact Finance, Community, Environment, and Climate Change Climate Change, Community Development Finance, Energy, Environment, Infrastructure, Low Income
The Slow Dawn of Climate-Change Awareness, and Its Challenge for a Sustainable Planet
In this perspectives brief, author Larry Hamilton summarizes his research on public perceptions of climate change, drawing on a decade of nationwide and New Hampshire surveys.
Community, Environment, and Climate Change Climate Change, New Hampshire, Public Opinion
Providing Clean Energy Solutions to India’s Bottom of the Pyramid Population
In this white paper, Jill Howard, Fiona Wilson, and E. Hachemi Aliouche discuss how Oorja Development Solutions, a social enterprise based in India, is working to provide integrated energy solutions to revitalize the agrarian economy, alleviate poverty, and fight…
Changemaker Collaborative Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Poverty
Views of a Fast-Moving Pandemic
In this brief, authors Thomas Safford and Lawrence Hamilton report the results of a Granite State Panel survey (March 17-26), asking New Hampshire residents about their views concerning government responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and whether they changed their…
COVID-19, New Hampshire Climate Change, COVID-19, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion
Are New Hampshire’s Winters Warming?
In this brief, authors Elizabeth Burakowski and Lawrence Hamilton review some basic evidence about winter warming in New Hampshire, explore to what extent state residents are aware of this trend, and ask who is aware, in terms of characteristics such as age,…
Community, Environment, and Climate Change, New Hampshire Climate Change, Environment, New Hampshire, Public Opinion
Climate-Change Views of New Hampshire Primary Voters
In this brief, author Lawrence Hamilton discusses the results of an April 2019 Granite State Poll conducted by the UNH Survey Center that asked 549 New Hampshire residents whether they planned to vote in the state’s 2020 presidential primary election and, if so,…
New Hampshire Climate Change, Politics and Elections, Public Opinion
Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and the Vulnerable Cultural Heritage of Coastal New Hampshire
New Hampshire’s ocean coastline, though small relative to that of other states, is a place where people have lived, worked, and died for thousands of years. It is home to numerous important cultural heritage sites,1 and its identity is tied in tangible and intangible…
Community, Environment, and Climate Change Climate Change, Conservation, Environment, New Hampshire, Rivers/Watersheds
Data Snapshot: Millennials and Climate Change
From more frequent flooding to heat waves and drought, adverse impacts from climate change are already being experienced. Scientists warn of worse impacts within the lifetime of many people alive today, if greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced. Although majorities…
Community, Environment, and Climate Change Climate Change, Environment, Trust, Young Adults