Elimini, a new US-based company with an ambition to be the world’s leading carbon removals business, has launched at Climate Week NYC 2024. We’re dedicated to permanently removing carbon from the atmosphere while generating renewable, 24/7 power.
You can read the full announcement here.
New poll data: First look
Today, we released a first look at data from an upcoming survey that gauged Americans’ views on climate change, net zero, renewable energy, and carbon removals.
Read on for a sneak peek before the full report is released in October 2024 – watch this space.
Headlines
People are concerned about climate change (74%). Cost of living and employment dominate people’s concerns but climate change ranks among the top 10.
Projected demand for energy from new technologies, like AI, is a concern (64%) and there is strong support for the US energy grid to run fully on clean power in the future (76%).
56% support that the US should lead the way globally on deploying carbon removal technologies and scaling up the market. The support for this is higher among those more familiar with carbon removal technologies (71%).
Climate change and net zero
People are concerned about climate change, but it is not a top priority for them.
Although a majority of respondents (74%) are concerned about climate change it is not their top priority. Issues such as cost-of-living, jobs, and the economy are considered more pressing.
Framing climate technology actions around how they have a positive impact on higher concern issues – e.g., stabilizing prices by becoming less dependent on foreign energy sources – could be an effective method to boost support for climate actions.
Over half of respondents (52%) think that the national government is the most responsible for financing efforts to combat climate change, but only a third (37%) think the national government is currently doing enough (see visual below).
A majority of respondents (56%) think that the increased use of renewable energy will create jobs – directly bearing on a headline concern amongst the public.