Approximately 97 per cent of Mumbaikars believe global warming is happening. Only 2 per cent believe that it is not happening while 62 per cent of Mumbaikars surveyed for the study have said they personally experience global warming in their day-to-day lives.

The study, ‘Climate opinion maps’, conducted by Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, also revealed that 87 per cent of Mumbaikars believe they have personally experienced the severe health side effects of global warming. In addition, 57 per cent of Mumbaikars believe they have personally experienced air pollution. However, 78 per cent Mumbaikars attribute global warming to human activities alone.