Climate change: monthly broadcast TV news segments U.S. 2023

In 2023, more than half of all climate change segments across broadcast television news programs came between July and September, with the most aired in July (the hottest July on record) when a total of 203 news segments on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox combined covered the topic. The main driver for climate coverage was extreme weather across the globe, with these discussions making up over 35 percent of coverage. Just five percent of segments were dedicated to climate justice.

Monthly number of climate change segments on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox broadcast news programs in the United States from 2021 to 2023

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March 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2021 to 2023

Number of respondents

2023: 435 segments amounting to 1,032 minutes of coverage

Special properties

includes morning news, nightly news, and Sunday morning political shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC, and the Sunday morning political show on Fox

Supplementary notes

The source searched transcripts in the Nexis database for: ABC's Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and This Week BS’ Mornings, Evening News, and Face the Nation; NBC’s Today, Nightly News, and Meet the Press; Fox Broadcasting Co.’s Fox News Sunday; and PBS NewsHour for any of the terms and any derivations of the following terms: climate change, global warming, changing climate, climate warms, climate warming, warming climate, warmer climate, warming planet, warmer planet, warming globe, warmer globe,global temperatures, rising temperatures, hotter temperatures, climate science, climate scientist, Paris climate, climate accord, Paris accord, climate agreement, Paris agreement, climate deal, climate crisis, green new deal, climate conference, climate plan, COP 26, carbon emissions, greenhouse gases, or net zero.

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